fcukin murmur

[mattt_h]

went for selction said i had a murmur what are the chances its gonna stop me getting in?

[mattt_h]

im getting proded by some cardiologist soon just wanted a heads up

[Chester]

A guy in my troop had a heart murmur, the Corporals had a proper sad-on when they found out with lots of 'How the f*ck did you get in ?' type jibes. He never finished his training but his fitness didn't appear to be that bad really.

Like Sticky said, call the professionals

[rlee]

Without wanting to raise your hopes unnecessarily, in January I failed my Royal Marines Medical due to the doctor noticing a slight heart murmur (and also for failing the eye test).

As i'm sure you may understand, this came as a bit of a shock to me as I would consider myself to be 100% fit and healthy, yet the crux of the issue was that I couldn't attend my c@#t I had been cleared fit by a Cardiac specialist, which meant a potential wait of 2 months+ to get an appointment.

Anyway, in the preceding weeks I heard nothing about the issue until I rang my Careers liason Officer who, a few days later, found that my medical records had been lost and thus I would have to re-attend a medical.

To cut a long story short, I passed the second medical without any issues and the doctor could find no evidence of a murmur (and after getting a pair of NHS specs, my eyes were also fine!). So I wouldn't beat yourself up too much about the whole murmur issue as from what I have since learnt, they can be pretty common and are often (though not always, to cover my back!) harmless irregularities that exist to make people like us go through unnecessary grief in failing medicals!

[mattt_h]

went got proded im fine

[Sisyphus]

Are you sure it was a murmur? You can suffer from irregular heartbeat (i think it's called arrhythmia??) if you drink too much coffee and, to a lesser extent, tea. It's an effect of too much caffeine. Chocolate can produce the same symptoms.

[mattt_h]

doc said i had a small mild murmur but it was nothin to worry about

[Tab]

It may be nothing to worry about in civivy street but when you are hauling
heavy packs over mountains, then it well could find that weakness. When the army can chose from the fittest men around, I think you shoud not be to dissapointed if you don't get in.

[mattt_h]

no the army sent me to a doctor to check it out and i passed

[Fairy]

Im attending the RSC tomorrow, spend my birthday there lol. Anyways, my recruiter warned me and my friend that alot of people get sent for medical checkups due to a heart murmour, something about being nervous and that causing an irregular heartbeat.

Fairy

[Josh]

I got back from RSC a couple of days ago. I also have a murmer, got to go and see a specialist. The weird thing is I passed the medical about three years ago?! So either the murmer has developed, very rare or there was a major oversight before! It pissed me off either way!

[mattt_h]

josh i had a TA medical in january no murmur went selection early june it was there i assumed as i passed ta medical i would be fine

[Josh]

Sodding things. When I got back from the RSC I phoned the AFCO the Sergeant said he had 4 that week alone and this was Teusday.

[Dmanton300]

The heart is a funny thing! I had my medical for the Police force two weeks ago. Now, when a medical professional approaches me witha BP cuff I can feel my heart start pounding and my temple starts throbbing, net result being my BP goes off the chart! The doc was about to fail me for BP, but got me to sit for a half hour and calm down, eventually she got a BP she was happy to pass, and was happy to put it down to anxiety, but it was still high at 150/90. I was happy to get the pass but annoyed because I know it's white coat hypertension.
Went to see my doc the next day for his opinion. . . took my BP twice, average was again 150/90, he wasn't in the slightest worried based on my history, and said it's certainly not something he'd treat, but to see him again in 4-6 weeks. (Same routine BTW. . he gets the cuff out, my mouth goes dry and my heart starts pounding. . can't bloody win!).
Bought myself a BP monitor and am keeping a log at home, and thus far, out of a medical environment, when relaxed and not focussing on it my BP averages 130/75! (This tends to go from a low of 115/68 or so in the morning to a high of 135/85 in the evening) All this is against a resting heart rate of 45-48 BPM.
I guess stress manifests itself in different ways. . whether through BP or heart murmurs, my heart is steady as a rock, just my BP plays silly buggers when being checked. Frustrating but most medical staff know about it and can appreciate it. Didn't help that the doc took my BP as the very last thing on the medical, after I'd spent an hour being prodded and poked and questioned and groped and fondled and weighed and sampled and. . and. . and. . . not having a clue how I was doing. What did they THINK was going to happen?!?!?