Question about joining the military

[fettpett]

mine was degenerative. I wanted to stay in but they wouldnt pass me.

I had the shoulder ground out a couple of years ago.

one of the reasons I got into power lifting a strong man is because the rehab had me trying to build up lean muscle mass in my shoulders to counter the lack of bursa lining.

I started to get build shoulders and caught the lifting bug.

didn't they give you antibiotics for it? or do something to help bring down the swelling?

[Zafod]

didn't they give you antibiotics for it? or do something to help bring down the swelling?

The bursa lining is gone in places. the tendons rub on the bone directly now

[Zafod]

That and I had bone spurs from a accident years before.


My shoulder sounds like a cement mixer

[fettpett]

damn...that sucks...they didn't go in and clean out the bone spurs?

[Zafod]

They did for the ones they could get at. But it still pops and grinds.

[Odysseus]

Talk to a recruiter and be up front about your heart condition. If it's not a bar to enlistment, he'll know. If it is, the other services may have different standards. Also, the standards change all the time, as new treatments mitigate a lot of conditions that used to be bars to enlistment.

Not everyone is built the same way OP. there are many ways for you to serve your community and your country without necessarily joining the military. I can understand the desire to do so if there is a strong family history of service (I have family in service as well), but that's okay.

Making license plates doesn't count as service, Wei.

Maybe your minor heart problem is enough to prevent you from joining the military but you can also see it as an opportunity to come up with new ways to live a fulfilling life. Perhaps you can study really hard, ask all of the important questions, and use your brain to help your nation.

Or, if not, you can be like Wei and try to screw it up by corrupting young minds and spewing idiocy on the web.