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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
I was diagnosed with Upper Respiratory Infection twice in Basic Training and finally with pneumonia. I came within a hair's breath of being recycled. I think the only thing that saved me was the large number of spinal meningitis cases in the camp at the time. The Army didn't want to recycle any more recruits than they absolutely had to.
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yeah, I was recycled. 2 weeks in the hospital will do that. I kept getting misdiagnosed and that's why I got so sick. of course the Drills were beginning to accuse me of malingering. then came passing out in the messhall and an ambulance ride to the hospital. eventually they all came and visited and apologized. I was REALLY sick. it took about 3 days to get my temp down to under 102. their solution to that was to have me sit in the hallway and drink ice water under supervision. I kept falling asleep doing that as well. medical care in the military has gotten a LOT better since then!