Topic: Holding back info. on your medical test

[Patrick Park]

I‘m in a very tough predicament right now. I‘m determined to join the CF Army Infantry, however I‘m taking medication on a regular basis. Now I have to take the medication for my health, it‘s just a pill in the morning and a pill at night but I‘m afraid if I tell the CF medics at my medical test that I need this medication then they‘ll turn me down. Even though I KNOW as long as I carry a small container of my medication their is no need for special treatment and their is no risks with me. I was thinking about maybe just keeping the information to myself and not telling the doctors. As I‘m sure they would make a big deal about it when really it‘s not a big deal. What‘re your thoughts guys? I know it‘s not advisable to keep any medical info from doctors, but I can‘t take no for an answer.

Thanx.

[Dano]

You should not keep this from the doctors. Just tell them that you take medication for so and so conditions. Then they’ll most likely  ask you to go to you‘re family doctor and get referral notes stating that what you take and have is not serious and that you don‘t go like suicidal, blackout or something to that extent. It will be tougher because you gotta deal with that, but what ever does not kill you makes you stronger.

[Jonsey]

Please DO NOT hold back the information. When they find out (and they will, guaranteed), not only will they take into consideration the fact that you have to take the pills (which may or may not prevent you from entering), but the fact that you basically lied to them. They will see you as dishonest and untrustworthy. You held back on that part, so who knows what else you held back on, or what else you‘re covering up.

Not only that, but even if you did get in, yo‘re not allowed to take any meds with you, they have to be provided through the CF. They will confiscate any meds they find.

It‘s only a pill in the morning and one at night? That shouldn‘t be a problem. Just BE HONEST.

If they say no, you can appeal the decision, and you can get a note from your doctor saying that it won‘t interfere with your duties.

[Patrick Park]

Jonsey, how would I go about appealing the decision if they say no?

Thanks guys

[combat_medic]

Patrick: knowing a little bit more about your condition than the others, it would be REALLY REALLY REALLY BAD to withold that kind of information. If you get in and they find out, which they will, sooner or later, you will not only be kicked out of the military for your lie, you can also be charged for it.

Also, if you need to see a medic on military time, even for an unrelated complaint, they could give you medication that interferes with your current prescription, or could aggravate your condition, causing a myriad of adverse effects up to KILLING YOU!!!

Don‘t think they won‘t find out, they will, and you could be taking your life into your hands.

[GrahamD]

I just completed my medical a few weeks ago.  There was a sign on the wall that said intentionally holding back information during ANY portion of your recruitment process INCLUDING your medical history, is illegal and punishable by up to 2 years in prison.

I‘d wager that if they found out you lied, thereby breaking the law during your application process, that they would never hire you. Ever.

[gj connors]

Patrick, I‘m presently at a recruiting center doing medicals. Like combat_medic stated, given a a common medication, for example, on sick parade, for something simple as the common cold could have a detrimental effect on your health (from causing serious health issues to even death!) if you deny to medical personnel that you are not on any other meds. This is why every medic worth his/her salt doing sick parade will ask his/her patient:
a/ are you allergic to anything;
b/ do you have any other medical conditions; and
c/ ARE YOU TAKING ANY MEDICATIONS (prescription or over the counter meds/supplements etc)

The military as a whole, and medical personnel specifically, are concerned with the welfare of the individual and not just to make the "staus quo" in maintaining healthy bodies for the military.

The questions asked, and medical performed at the recruiting centers are not just determining whether or not an individual is medically fit for the Canadian Forces, but most specifically, that no undue harm or further deteroration of an applicant‘s health will be compromised by the physical and mental stresses of employment in the Canadian Forces.
   Health issues aside, when it is discovered that an individual has lied (and believe me, sooner or later it will) on his recruitment application, he/she will be determined to be an irregular enrolment (at the least) and be (again at the least)dismissed  from the Forces. And your own integrity will be called into question.
   I know this may sound a bit harsh, Patrick, but believe me, I highly recommend that you be as truthfully honest as you can when applying. You sound like an individual with a great set of personal values; maintain your own sense of intregrity and respect from others (if can‘t trust your own trench partner - your‘e totally screwed: you‘ll find there is no other sense of comradship or friendship than there is in the military). Take it from an old fart like myself; I had to wait six months because of a medical condition before starting basic at Cornwallis 22 years ago).

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