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I am currently at the VA hospital here on base by RTC. A week ago I suffered a severe disc herniation in my lower back. Last Thursday I was rushed to the University of Illinois hospital in Chicago for surgery for the herniation. The surgeon at UIC said that I will not be able to go back to training. The next day they sent me back here at the VA. I will be here for at least 3 weeks for physical therapy. I asked my doctor, here at the VA, about if I am going to be discharged, she said she called RTC to ask and they said that I would be discharged. Then my Dr. said I will more than likely be MED boarded. The surgeon at UIC said the herniation was so large I will have have pernament nerve damage. I have numbness and no feeling in my right leg and left foot as well. I heard that the med board process will take awhile and Im scared I will be stuck in the seperation barracks for months. I just want to come home. A lot of stress is on me since I now will have a bad limp, nerve pains, and cant do any lifting over a certain amount of weight for the rest of my life. Can someone give me some info so maybe I can try to speed up the process or something I can get my dad to do or someone he can call? I also have been told I will get benefits as well?
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So sorry to hear what's happened...
Welcome to NavyDads.com Jake! When my daughter enlisted in 2005 and left for RTC, I had virtually no knowledge of Navy life or how the Navy did things. By the time her PIR rolled around, I was starting to get the hang of things and understand some of the language and abbreviations, but still felt like a fish out of water when dealing with most topics concerning the US Navy. When my son enlisted and left for Great Lakes in 2007, I got serious about trying to learn as much as possible about the Navy. Now, several years into my journey, I’m blessed to say I have two sailors in the family - my son Eric (AM2) was on the carrier Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) and recently reported to Helicopter Squadron Light-37 (HSL-37) in Hawaii after re-enlisting last year. My daughter Kat is now a Navy veteran and was stationed on the carrier Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) as a Mass Communications Specialist and is currently using her GI benefits to go to school. If NavyDads.com were around in those early days, it would have made my journey as a Navy parent much easier!
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Best Regards- Paul