Please help, regards to hypothyroidism and Enlistment

[Dylanh94]

Hello, my name is Dylan, I wanted to start off by thanking you for reading my thread.

I've been considering join the British Army even though I'm Canadian. Now the since Canada is part of the commonwealth I'm able too. (Concerning why I wish not to join Canadian forces is simply the fact of budget cuts or nickname "decade of darkness", the amount of jobs are decreasing and there is going to be little work for Canadian forces in the future)

[General Information]

I have been diagnosed with Hypothyroidism. Checking the medical conditions on the British army website, I see it's not listed in the checklist.

This being said, I researched about it and I've read many conflicting arguments.

Alot of people talk about 'suffering from hypothyroidism' and a lot of people talk about regular blood testing check ups.
This in my case is false. I rarely get a blood test, maybe once every two years. Including, the time when I was diagnosed was when I was living a unhealthy life.
Eating party size popcorn bags for breakfast lunch and dinner. Now I'm living very healthy life style and am physically fit.

I do take synthroid, medication has never been changed for the past 4 years, no higher or lower dose. And there has been cases where I haven't had it for weeks and felt fine.

Now, some say since it has to be "regularly checked on" I wouldn't be able to join (which again is not my case), others for example say this

"It states in Army Regulations 40 -501 that Hypothyroidism medicated is allowed its Hyperthyroidism that is not allowed"

I don't know what to believe with this conflicting information. I've used live chat to ask for help regarding the situation and yet was directed to the medical conditions page which didn't yield a answer.

[Question]

So please, am I able to Enlist as a solider to the British Army with hypothyroidism?

[Dylanh94]

anyone please?

[Jnr]

guessing you cant make a quick call to your local recruitment office, well cheaply anyway lol

http://www.army.mod.uk/contact.aspx

thats a link to the contact page of the army website and theres a link to live chat with a recruitment officer (which im now gonna use my self coz i didn't know it existed)

[Dylanh94]

Talk to person again. No help, accept they said to apply and see what happens. Which I don't really wish to do since I would have to go over to the UK with uncertainty If I would pass the Medical or not.

[Jnr]

haha yeah when i asked them about family living arrangements they went all quiet for about 5 minutes so i'm guessing they didnt know and needed to ask their superior. i've got a call to make to a recruitment officer in the morning, i'll do my best to remember to ask for you, i wouldn't normally but i'm guessing a quick call for you would cost the earth and that would be a long old flight just to get told no.

[Tab]

Reading the conditions involved I would safely say that you would not stand a chance of getting in the Army.

[Jnr]

sorry about the delay had some family issues that have distracted me for the past few days, but i called up today and all they said was you can try but there was no guarantee. sorry to be absolutely no help as that's what they told you but it was worth a try