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New here but Surgery soon
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 12:13 am
by SigSauerFan84
well im fairly new here but I am having surgery on the 4th of december. Im in the Air Force and back in January stepped off a stair ladder onto a crack in the runway. Rolled my ankle shattering the bone hyper extended some ligiments and tendons. Well when all was said and done I spent 4 mths in casts while they tried to fix me. Currently they are looking at medicly discharging me because I cant run with a 40lb ruck or gear anymore, my Dr suggested one more surgery that could possibly fix it so i am having that done on the 4th. your thoughts and prayers would be apperciated
Jeremy
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 12:21 am
by nitrogen
Good luck with the surgery. As someone that'll need knee surgery one day, these are usually pretty successful, but I can completely understand the fear that goes with having surgery performed.
Thoughts are with you. Keep us updated.
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 12:22 am
by carlson1
You are in our prayers and I would like to thank you for your service to this Great Country.
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:06 am
by SRVA
You are in our prayers. Thank you for your service.
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 6:30 am
by Jeff B.
Jeremy,
Best of luck with you r procedure. You may want to look into appealling your initial board results (MMRB, I think) to shooot for a 30% rating, which will mean the difference between a discharge and a retirement. If you retire, you will retain eligibility for Tricare. Decent medical insurance is a big deal nowadays, and an injury of that type will only get worse with the wear and tear of age (believe me on this one!).
Jeff B.
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 7:26 am
by RPBrown
carlson1 wrote:You are in our prayers and I would like to thank you for your service to this Great Country.
My thoughts also
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 7:31 am
by longtooth
My son is in the Air Force too.
We will be praying for you at our house too.
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 7:32 am
by CompVest
You are in my prayers.
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:27 am
by chewy555
Prayers sent from me. Thanks for your service to help keep us Free.
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:54 am
by Crossfire
Jeremy - we will be praying for your complete recovery here, too.
I grew up in Abilene, now live in DFW area. Is Abilene your home or are you just stationed at Dyess?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 6:22 pm
by SigSauerFan84
Jeff B. wrote:Jeremy,
Best of luck with you r procedure. You may want to look into appealling your initial board results (MMRB, I think) to shooot for a 30% rating, which will mean the difference between a discharge and a retirement. If you retire, you will retain eligibility for Tricare. Decent medical insurance is a big deal nowadays, and an injury of that type will only get worse with the wear and tear of age (believe me on this one!).
Jeff B.
I have problems with both ankles and the associated hearing loss of working around jet engines for 6 years. I was talking to a VA doc the other day and he said it would stack to about 35-40% between everything I have wrong wtih me.
And to watson, I am stationed here i am from Collinsville IL, which is right near Scott AFB
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 6:28 pm
by Charles L. Cotton
Jeremy:
We'll be praying for you also.
Chas.
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:27 am
by elwood blooz
Your in our prayers Jeremy, thanks for your service.
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:31 pm
by G-Ma
Jeremy and all the rest of you in uniformed service, dedicated to serve and protect ... you're my hero! Thanks for all you do for us. You don't get paid enough, respected enough, loved enough, or praised enough. However, I hope you will accept my appreciation and that will be a good start.
My husband and I pray for all of you daily. Jeremy, you will be in our prayers even more. Please, let us know how your surgery comes out. We'll put you on all of our prayer lists.
Blessings!!
G-ma
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:31 pm
by Venus Pax
Prayer sent. Update us as soon as you're feeling up to it after the surgery.