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Really? From all that I've read about asthma waivers they're extremely difficult to get and if your lucky to get one it will take months. Plus I was diagnosed at the age of 16
I actually have an appointment with my allergist this Tuesday and I'm going to have him retest me for asthma while I'm there. If I pass I'll have them update my records with my PCP. I'm not looking to enlist for another 2 years roughly, once I graduate from college, but I want to get any potential problems out of the way.
I was diagnosed with asthma by my allergist about 4-5 years ago in high school despite never having any tell tale symptoms of asthma, although they did test my lung function. They said that I showed "asthma like symptoms" because my seasonal allergies at the time were flaring up. Since then I've gone through immunotherapy and no longer have seasonal allergies and have never used a rescue inhaler nor taken medication since the diagnosis. I've ran cross country and track in high school and do cardio at the gym routinely, and I have had no breathing issues whatsoever ever. I know that asthma past the age of 13 can be an automatic DQ at MEPs but given my circumstances, is it even worth bringing up to my recruiter or the doctors at MEPs?
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It's been 3 years since I last filled a prescription for an inhaler and I never even used it. By the time I enlist it will have been 5 years. I have an appointment with my allergist today so I'm going to see if he can retest me for asthma.