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Lucas
Selective service?
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Kath
- Posts: 3242
- Joined: Mon Nov 18, 2002 4:11 pm
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: I am ROBPI, global injury, Horner's Syndrome. No surgery but PT started at 2 weeks old under the direction of New York Hospital. I wore a brace 24/7 for the first 11 months of my life. I've never let my injury be used as an excuse not to do something. I've approach all things, in life, as a challenge. I approach anything new wondering if I can do it. I tried so many things I might never have tried, if I were not obpi. Being OBPI has made me strong, creative, more determined and persistent. I believe that being obpi has given me a very strong sense of humor and compassion for others.
- Location: New York
Re: Selective service?
At Camp in Washington DC we had an Admiral who is OBPI.
He passed all his physicals doing things one handed.
He wanted to be in the Navy.
If we had a war(God forbid) men of all ages would be able to sign up.
My Dad was in the Merchant Marines during WW II and he was well over forty and they took him.
Don't worry about aging out of the service.
People today only go into armed forces if they want to not because they have to.
Also if there were a conflict they would only use highly trained personnel already in service.
Happy Birth Lucas... Enjoy being 26, have fun and fly like and eagle.
Oh... one more thing I always knew the name of my injury and I am 68.
It amazes me when I hear people were not given a name for their injury.
I don't like the name Erb's Palsy because it sounds like a defect instead of an injury.
I also think it sound like a Salad.
I prefer to call it what it is, Obstetrical Biracial Plexus Injury.
Hope you have lots of Birthday Cake and laughs.
Kath robpi/adult
He passed all his physicals doing things one handed.
He wanted to be in the Navy.
If we had a war(God forbid) men of all ages would be able to sign up.
My Dad was in the Merchant Marines during WW II and he was well over forty and they took him.
Don't worry about aging out of the service.
People today only go into armed forces if they want to not because they have to.
Also if there were a conflict they would only use highly trained personnel already in service.
Happy Birth Lucas... Enjoy being 26, have fun and fly like and eagle.
Oh... one more thing I always knew the name of my injury and I am 68.
It amazes me when I hear people were not given a name for their injury.
I don't like the name Erb's Palsy because it sounds like a defect instead of an injury.
I also think it sound like a Salad.
I prefer to call it what it is, Obstetrical Biracial Plexus Injury.
Hope you have lots of Birthday Cake and laughs.
Kath robpi/adult
Kath robpi/adult
Kathleen Mallozzi
Kathleen Mallozzi
Re: Selective service?
Hello Lucas;
I received a draft notice in 1961 during the Vietnam War and obtained a letter from my physician explaining my injury as a brachial plexus injury received during birth. The examining Armed Services physician recommended I receive a 4-F designation - I was not physically suitable for service. I suspect that you would receive a similar designation unless you could convince the draft board you were physically able.
Years later I would use my physicians letter to recall the name of my injury and find UBPN.
John P.
ROBPI for 68 years
I received a draft notice in 1961 during the Vietnam War and obtained a letter from my physician explaining my injury as a brachial plexus injury received during birth. The examining Armed Services physician recommended I receive a 4-F designation - I was not physically suitable for service. I suspect that you would receive a similar designation unless you could convince the draft board you were physically able.
Years later I would use my physicians letter to recall the name of my injury and find UBPN.
John P.
ROBPI for 68 years
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brandonsmom
- Posts: 1401
- Joined: Mon Nov 22, 2004 4:43 pm
Re: Selective service?
My son was born in s military hospital, when the doctors saw his limp arm they said" Looks like he won't ever be in the MILITARY....well my husband was standing there and realized what they had said, but it didn't sink in till later. AT two months old they offered to amputate my son's arm and when I refused to allow they said" It won't be any good anyway and besides, he will never pass the physical to go into the miltary" So you just amputate it.? Needless to say, you will not have to worry about it, I am sure, there is no draft at this time and BPI excludes you unless of course, you are willing to fight it out !! GAYLE mom to Brandon 9 1/2 ROBPI
PS and Thankful that he will never be in the MILITARY !!LOL
PS and Thankful that he will never be in the MILITARY !!LOL
Re: Selective service?
You wouldn't have to worry about it anyway, I tried to enlist and they wouldn't let me. I wanted to be a Marine so bad that I could taste it. Semper Fi!!
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patpxc
- Posts: 315
- Joined: Sat Nov 03, 2001 1:06 am
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: C-5 and C-6. Unable to supinate. Contracture elbow. Wrist bone underdeveloped.
Can raise forearm to mouth level. shoulder is limited in movement. Unable to put arm behind back. Secondary- early arthritis, carpal tunnel, pronator syndrome,scoliosis - Location: Ohio
Re: Selective service?
I wanted to be in the airforce. I starved myself to meet the weight requirement,scored really high on the tests and then flunked the physical at the very end. --Lift both arms above your head--they let me try 3 times to see if I could get it up any higher. I wrote to the airforce and got a reply that said something about meeting minimum requirements.
So I settled for being the most beautiful person in the world and am working toward holdiong the record for eating more chocolate at one sitting than any other BPI in the WORLD!!!!!! ( For those of you who don't know me,that was a joke)
You'll find something else that will satify your life dreams. Keep your chin up
Pat
So I settled for being the most beautiful person in the world and am working toward holdiong the record for eating more chocolate at one sitting than any other BPI in the WORLD!!!!!! ( For those of you who don't know me,that was a joke)
You'll find something else that will satify your life dreams. Keep your chin up
Pat
Re: Selective service?
Wow, you are a motivated guy Smith.
Lucas
Lucas