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What's the process if you're a chronic sea sick to change branches? I've had a few people mention it to me on ship but unsure as to what the process is.
Pieman said:I don't know anything about the tests, however served in Afghanistan with a Sailor who had Chronic sea sickness. He got so sick on the water that he could not sail, which is not a good thing when you are in the Navy. Not much you can do for work if you are sick and puking your guts up I suppose. They tasked him to the gym and dish washing on the base, and he did that for a few *years*. Then he somehow landed a gig overseas.
I did not understand why he would not just OT or pull out of the forces, but refused to leave because he liked the paycheck. Minus his time overseas, it seems like such a waste of time, IMHO.
Anyway, I hope your circumstances are much better than his.
kawa11 said:The CF's all about booting people that get seasick, eh?
kawa11 said:The CF's all about booting people that get seasick, eh?
Hopefully, they're not as quick to toss out Purple-traded individuals and opt for transfers to land.
Couldn't members just use Scopolamine patches?
Jim Seggie said:I see you're getting some PT in - jumping to conclusions....
kawa11 said:Couldn't members just use Scopolamine patches?
Occam said:There is no misery like someone who is chronic seasick - there is nowhere on the ship to go to escape it.
I don't know his circumstances exactly. My impression was that he did not want to deal with being sick at sea, and he loved working in the gym (he is a very fit guy). So it may have been more his influence for staying where he was than the chain of commands....until he was put on dish washing duty that is. (He didn't like that so much)Odd......most chronics we have had over the past few years are not left hanging like that. Those that I know of were tested by a doctor and those that were chronics were either retained and given an OT or released. All within a year and at most a year and a half.
I am probably one of those liars. To me getting sick is throwing up and though VERY close on several occasions, it has yet to happen. As mentioned in another thread on here somewhere, many of us are too mad to get sick (can't shower, can't sleep, can't stay in a chair...). As odd (and selfish) as it may sound, if there was someone around me who was worse off than me, I automatically felt a little better.Pusser said:Seasickness varies from person to person. Although a few people claim to have never been seasick, I've always figured most of them are lying. ;D