Well i got the letter , medically unsuitable

The doctors who did the scan send the results to the army who will either say yes , no or send it to nother specialist to have a look.
I think it will be a no because the army have to be deployable anywhere. He actually said that it could affect me at high altitudes including mountains.
Think i ...

Heart murmurs them selves can just be a noise (innocent one) but mine is where the blood is leaking from one atrium to the other.
So i think its classed as a serious one because at high altidudes or diving etc it can be fatal.

After being defered from the medical , I have just found out i have a hole in my heart , Im assuming it does , but can someone clarify whether or not this will stop me from joining?
Thanks a lot
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Got defered on the medical for a heart murmur , got a scan tonight to see if its anything serious

Alright everyone just wondering if there is anyone else going for there selection tomorrow or monday?
Got to go tomorrow because i need a spiro
Cheers guys

ah right i see , well it was just a sore knee and my doctor just put down knee pains on his computer , and told me to rest it. You think i should mention it?

Thanks a lot mate! Thats a bit harsh! will just tell them exactly what is on the medical list that my doc sent. Should i keep any family history shut? There is no history of diesease for example but like operations etc?

Its the very first thing you do , before you do any physical

Im just wondering what the medical involves? I have to have a spiro Iknow that , but im a bit worried about anything else , 2 weeks ago I had a sore knee , was told to rest it for 2 weeks , I have my selection this weekend so should i keep shut about that?

One of my mates has always wanted to join the RM/Army , 3 years ago he found out after taking a blow to his kidney in rugby he has polysystic kidneys. Some members of his family have also had it.
Will this stop him from joining? After finding out about it he was advised by a few not to even try as ...

Alright everybody , just wondering what the policy on leg tattoo's is?
I have the union jack and england flags on my leg , ( visible when wearing shorts)
Would this be an issue upon selection?

Alright ,
Im 17 and and the moment all I want to do is royal engineers as an equipment mechanic , But if I where to choose something out side I think it would be a plant mechanic or somehting similer.

Im just wondering what you are doing within the army , ie engineers , signals , infantry etc and ...

I'm currently doing about 75 press ups on two minutes (have done 80s though occasionally), 71 sit ups in two minutes , and I can get about 13 pull ups.
My run time for the 1.5m was 9.28.

I'm intending on going the Royal Engineers route, what does everone think I should train on?

I am quite a ...

First of let me just say I am not asking you this to justify myself in joining the Army , I'm just curious as to other reasons people have for joining the Army?

I'll start off; the main reason I have for joining is to be a part of something such as the Army, I like the idea of traveling around ...