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I've always wanted to wear the uniform since I was younger. Come my 16th birthday before, I even ate my cake, my dad took me down to the recruiting center and we started the application process. I had successfully got up to my medical and interview, but during my medical I mentioned I had childhood asthma but I grew out of it, DOH! About 6 weeks later I got a letter of rejection due to my condition but said I could challenge it, and thats exactly what I did.
Right when we had gotten home I had made a doctors appointment and from there my doctor made me a Methacholine Challenge test appointment. Later that day I got a call and schedualed the test for a time three months later. Three months later I had gotten my call and was off to get my test done. The test was a sinch, my breathing was hardly affected by the substance.
After my test had been finished it took about 2 months for some odd reason for them to give me my results. But the results had indicated my asthma was pretty much gone. I had went to my doctor and she took me off the inhaler right away and said I most likely haven't even needed since I was about 13. She wrote me a doctors note and back I went to the recruiting center
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After submitting the results, about 4 weeks later, it finally came, my letter from the medical department in ottawa. I opened it to find out that due to newly submitted information, I now meet the minimum enrollment standards for both the regular and reserve forces. I submitted my letter to the recruiting center and bam my application was started all over again. That day had to have been the happiest day of my life since the Medical section had told me, even if I challenged it, my odds were about 3%. They had said every day kids came in and challenged it, and one by one were turned down. Now I am 17 and have waited almost a year to get into the army. I have finished my Interview and am currently waiting for a call. But my story shows, even if things look rough, don't give up, there's still a fighting chance ! It took me about 11 months but in the long run it'll be worth it
Right when we had gotten home I had made a doctors appointment and from there my doctor made me a Methacholine Challenge test appointment. Later that day I got a call and schedualed the test for a time three months later. Three months later I had gotten my call and was off to get my test done. The test was a sinch, my breathing was hardly affected by the substance.
After my test had been finished it took about 2 months for some odd reason for them to give me my results. But the results had indicated my asthma was pretty much gone. I had went to my doctor and she took me off the inhaler right away and said I most likely haven't even needed since I was about 13. She wrote me a doctors note and back I went to the recruiting center
.After submitting the results, about 4 weeks later, it finally came, my letter from the medical department in ottawa. I opened it to find out that due to newly submitted information, I now meet the minimum enrollment standards for both the regular and reserve forces
. I submitted my letter to the recruiting center and bam my application was started all over again. That day had to have been the happiest day of my life since the Medical section had told me, even if I challenged it, my odds were about 3%. They had said every day kids came in and challenged it, and one by one were turned down. Now I am 17 and have waited almost a year to get into the army. I have finished my Interview and am currently waiting for a call. But my story shows, even if things look rough, don't give up, there's still a fighting chance ! It took me about 11 months but in the long run it'll be worth it 
