when am i enlisting???

sinicker SG

okay, i posted this at the sticky thread but like no one read it the past 4hours.. so please read my plight.

hey guys. i'm 18 this year. taking my As in 2 weeks. enlisting for NS nxt yr.. but i still havent receive my enlistment letter! mostly all my friends have got their enlistment letters already. be it police or army.. but i still havent..

i am 1.75cm and 55kg. i got a Gold for my NAPFA this july.

i went for the medical check-up. initially, they gave me PES B. after a few weeks, they called me saying i have been referred to the national heart centre due to discrepancies in my ECG. after a few procedures, i was diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. this syndrome could have caused the deaths of the NSmen in the recent months.

http://www.c-r-y.org.uk/wpw.htm

so, what would i do during my NS? i'm fit, represented my JC hockey team and then i'm diagnosed with this syndrome. someone, please enlighten me? i hope i would get my enlistment letter soon..

Acerguy_007 SG

I have a friend who is physically fit but was diagnosed with this syndrome too few yrs back. It is a serious medical problem which requires you to stay out from strenous physical workout as it might lead to a cardiac arrest which will cause instant death. Most likely you will be posted to vocations where u will be exempted from any form of physical workout for example, Clerk or storeman. My friend,whom i mentioned earlier, was posted to clerk. Take good care of yourself friend and remember your health should be your main concern and most importantly listen to your body Wink As for the enlistment letter do not worry, you will receive it sooner or later

nightsky87 SG

Dear sinicker

The sgCARS forum would like to support you, too.

sgboy2004 SG

call them and check?

sinicker SG

thanks guys. and to nightsky87, wad are u trying to say??

so i'll most likely either be a clerk or a storeman?

my BMT will be the same just that i'll be exempted frm tougher physical activities?

WiNtEr'SkiLL SG

i suppose u will be post to places like MINDEF or camps where u be storeman or armskote man
cool tho clerk is cool too

iveco SG

I think one of my camp mates had WPW as well. He was hospitalised for Dengue on one occasion, and when he returned, he told us that he had an “extra vein” in his heart.

kuekj SG

I'm also having this condition, and I'm PES C9L2. I'm a service medic now, serving as medical store IC..

Does your condition warrant you for a minor operation to remove the "extra vein" as iveco said? I'm going for mine in November.

And the "extra vein" is just the layman terms to explain the situation.. more like extra cardiac tissue. that's what my doc told me.

Well, besides storeman and clerk, you could also become service medic, technician, etc. even MSD..

and chances are, you may be re-boarded to downgrade.

sinicker SG

hey hi, yes, it's the extra electrical pathway. i'm gg for the operation in 2006 or even 2007. my doc said "just wait till i enter NS" so it's free. i've not even received my PES status yet.

sgboy2004 SG

good way to make use of the medical benefit Very Happy

wish u good luck

nismoS132 SG

yeah, free medical benefits and free mc Laughing
ns is the best time to go for operations like these that you'll probably not be able to afford in your life time. not the financial costs, but the amount of time off you'll need to take. not many companies will allow you to disappear for any longer than 2 weeks.

sinicker SG

like doing both my wisdom tooth surgeries? Laughing

Gordonator SG

do it towards your ORD. extend your leave. Laughing

nismoS132 SG

unlike everyone else, i’m not removing my widdom teeth. i like them just fine.

iveco SG

But if they give problems, they have to go.

kc_leung SG

Me too...

But you should floss and brush your teeth more frequently, as the wisdom teeth are excellent food scrap magnets. Food gets stuck in the area between the wisdom teeth and the normal teeth beside them, and this can be hard to get rid of. Evil or Very Mad

R3SsH|n SG

Originally posted by sinicker:

i am 1.75cm and 55kg. i got a Gold for my NAPFA this july.

i went for the medical check-up. initially, they gave me PES B. after a few weeks, they called me saying i have been referred to the national heart centre due to discrepancies in my ECG. after a few procedures, i was diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. this syndrome could have caused the deaths of the NSmen in the recent months.

http://www.c-r-y.org.uk/wpw.htm

so, what would i do during my NS? i'm fit, represented my JC hockey team and then i'm diagnosed with this syndrome. someone, please enlighten me? i hope i would get my enlistment letter soon..

fit?you should thank your lucky stars that there was no "complications" when u trained for hockey or go competitions...

sinicker SG

ouh okay... thank you stars.

sinicker SG

it hurts for abt 1-3 days. once, i went to the dentist. then, she said i'm a student.. go HPB, cheaper, can use dad's medisave. bla3. in the end, i've yet to remove it. Laughing

Gordonator SG

mine aren't giving me problems either. Cool