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Massage therapy is not part of the CAF Spectrum of Care, period. It is not covered. (There is coverage for VAC pension recipients, but that does not apply to you). Your primary care provider is at your base clinic. You will be referred to civilian specialists as needed by the base. In the case...

Why would they fund bariatric surgery? Esp with the non-bypass, lap band procedures, all that does is make the stomach smaller - the person could choose to just eat less, instead of having that choice imposed on them via an elastic band in their innards. And yet, it is funded. And to the tune of...

TSH is often a first-line test for people complaining of tiredless or unexplained weight gain. LH/FSH not so much - but the pamphlet doesn't explain that these are "middlemen" in a complex feedback system to the hypothalamus; the hormones tested would usually be at the end of the line, estrogen...

I know you said you don't have OCD; OCPD is not the same as OCD, which is why I asked about it. Also, "obsessive-compulsive thoughts" is not a "diagnosis", no more than "feeling tired a lot" or "being itchy" is a diagnosis. It's a description. The formal diagnoses would be OCD, OCPD, or the doc...

Well sure, accidents happen. But this is a potential recruit saying that he needs sports glasses because his glasses "would just break", as if military service were incompatible with regular glasses. Occasional accidents aside, pretty much everyone I know who wears glasses in the CAF wears...

Why would they "just break"? I wore glasses for years and years before getting surgery, including for basic and on deployment, and they never broke. Sure, they can break, but you're just assuming they will.

Is #5 self-diagnosed, as in the "I'm a little OCD" kind of stuff that people will sometimes self-describe? Or formally diagnosed; if not OCD then OCPD, or sufficient traits to warrant some intervention/treatment? The former shouldn't give you any issues; the latter will probably trigger more...

Sure. CAF draws recruits from the population. The population has gotten fatter and more sedentary *shrug*

Personal wishes are taken into account, but they don't override the needs of the CAF. Even when they kind of do (that would be if you managed to get a compassionate posting, for ex - not something an untrained recruit should hope for), the system only gives you a couple of years to get your life...

And...what? You think this is acceptable, or at least, that such a situation should not be criticized if it's happening? I don't have to be "in the know" to know that a soldier still on duty, including posted to JPSU, should not be going for months without any contact from their unit or some...

I hardly think saying that a CoC should investigate a soldier who's AWOL is "waxing poetic" about anything. What I meant when I said that none of us are aware of this case's circumstances is...just that. Making a font rilly rilly big won't change that fact. There are soldiers in overloaded...

To my knowledge, none of us are aware of the specifics in this case. However, my argument is that the member's supervisors (regardless of the unit the member is posted to) should clearly be aware of where the member is. I don't understand what garb811 means by a CoC not hearing from a member in...

Well clearly, if the CoC isn't hearing from their member in "far too long" they're not doing their job. Even members on component 1 RTW are supposed to check in with their unit (and the responsibility is on the member, btw), so unless they're on outright sick leave the CoC should be hearing from...

For divers, asthma is immediately disqualifying, period. The initial medical includes spirometry and ins/exp XR to catch it. For pilot candidates the spiro isn't done until they get to Toronto. Honestly your best bet is to find out if you even have asthma - lots of kids are diagnosed with it...

If that Pte doesn't show up with my shined boots soon, I'll miss this afternoon's hunt :(

Agree with everyone else. You put in some choices (3, usually). If you're lucky, you'll get posted to one of the 3, but the needs of the CAF will come first. You "switch" bases when you're posted out, which occurs for career and manning reasons, not because you prefer a different base. Again...

The JPSU administers their pers and their RTW/career re-training/whatever. It's not a medical unit, and so it doesn't matter how "overloaded" it is from the perspective of a member's health care - what matters is whether (if he was diagnosed before, and he was diagnosed with *something* if he...

You apply through CaRMS but into a funded Family Res position. Basically, you are a free resident for the program (instead of being paid by the residency program, you're being paid by CAF). Most if not all programs with have an MOTP/MMTP spot (or more than one spot), so your competition is only...

If you apply out of HS, you're not applying MOTP - you can only apply MOTP once you have been accepted into a medical school (it actually used to be after you have completed the first year of a 4-yr med school, not sure if that changed). Not only that, but if you're accepted MOTP, you can only...

The CF doesn't care that much, tbh. From a financial POV, MOTP makes more sense at this time - direct entry used to have a signing bonus associated with it to defray the costs of your education, but no longer does. Under MOTP not only do you get a salary, but tuition, books, travel for mandatory...