Join with Asthma? 24M
Asthmatics of my level (its a spectrum and different for any patients) require a daily maintenance inhaler, which makes your lungs essentially function like a normal humans.
The only drawback is, it’s temporary. The infamous rescue inhaler that most people think us asthmatics just carry around all the time is only used as a back up if for some reason we haven’t had access to our regular maintenance inhaler.
Joining the military was my biggest dream as a teenager. I was absolutely crushed I was unable to join and I’ve had a very chaotic and unstructured life since.
The reason I didn’t lie and join anyway was because patients are known to grow out of asthma and I didn’t want a medical discharge on my record because I believed if there was a 1% chance that my asthma could go away I’d rather wait for that so I don’t get permanently locked out.
Well… it hasn’t. Still there. If I am active daily with cardio I can push myself very far without needing inhaler but it has to be every day of cardiovascular activity.
I’ve done marathons and tri’s, and all kinds of Spartan races etc. Fitness isn’t a question. Motivation isn’t a question.
Now at the time I was looking, you could easily lie about medical conditions you had to get in. Is that still the case? I’ve heard they now actually pull private medical records?
I work in a first responder field right now and the most solid and squared away people, the ones that I always struggle to keep up with, all have prior military experience. I know why. I have ADHD and life has sucked since I graduated HS and I’ve had almost no grounded structure except for this past year.
I’m seriously looking at giving this a shot. I’ll take any pointers, advice, knowledge regarding boot camp, etc. If any asthmatics want to chip in please let me know.