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sTUPID qUESTIONS aBOUT ocs

AllAmerican75

AllAmerican75

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LifeSkillsPlease said:
My doctor gave me a prescription for omeprazole (Prilosec), for my infrequent heartburn, so that I am not paying $20 a box.
Negative test for GERD, but I don’t want the Navy to look at me funny by bringing the prescription to OCS. Should I just pick it up otc when I get the chance while there? Or bring a note from my doctor describing the infrequency, no underlying condition, etc?
Or do they not really care about prescriptions as long as it is to you?
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Any prescriptions you need will have to be approved by a Navy doc. When you do the initial physical during the first few days after arriving, ask about taking prilosec for heartburn. Or just don't say anything, to avoid giving them a reason to NPQ you since medical at OCS works as a means of attrition.

My $0.02: Just wait until you're in The Fleet® to address any minor medical issues.
 
Nicholsq

Nicholsq

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LifeSkillsPlease said:
My doctor gave me a prescription for omeprazole (Prilosec), for my infrequent heartburn, so that I am not paying $20 a box.

Negative test for GERD, but I don’t want the Navy to look at me funny by bringing the prescription to OCS. Should I just pick it up otc when I get the chance while there? Or bring a note from my doctor describing the infrequency, no underlying condition, etc?

Or do they not really care about prescriptions as long as it is to you?
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It's just prilosec. Im a hospital corpsman and the only thing they are going to do is transcribe your prescription to the dod system. If you get bad heart burn there is no harm in giving your prescription to medical. Now if it wasnt a common medication..that would be a different story. But prilosec is not a big deal.
 
AllAmerican75

AllAmerican75

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Nicholsq said:
It's just prilosec. Im a hospital corpsman and the only thing they are going to do is transcribe your prescription to the dod system. If you get bad heart burn there is no harm in giving your prescription to medical. Now if it wasnt a common medication..that would be a different story. But prilosec is not a big deal.
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While this is what would normally happen in the Fleet, OCS is a different animal, Doc. NAVMED (especially NAMI) uses the medical establishment as a means of winnowing out the unqualified. Seemingly small issues will lead to doctors going down long rabbit holes to determine whether or not you may or may not be physically able to fly in an aircraft with Dept of the Navy stamped on it (read: is there a risk you'll go nuts or die in a cockpit and cause mayhem and catastrophe). It's all a risk management drill. For instance, I had multiple doctors argue in front of me for over an hour concerning a microscopic scar I have on my eyeball which may have been indicative of a rare disease that would cause a small chance of me going blind at night. Turns out it's a souvenir from my boxing days in college, but it took a team to decide. That's not a simply process. If @LifeSkillsPlease were to walk in and announce that he needed a prescription for Prilosec, that would immediately cause red flags to go up.
 
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solovey

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Question... I hear all sorts of horror stories about people getting NPQ'd at OCS for medical stuff. How much of a problem is it for non-aviators? Is it just a repeat of the MEPS physical? That one seemed pretty thorough so I guess I'm confused about what else they could do/be looking for? Is it not just more or less a repeat/verification? (Obviously the flight physical is a very different thing but the previous heartburn question has me wondering...)
 
Meyerkord

Meyerkord

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solovey said:
Question... I hear all sorts of horror stories about people getting NPQ'd at OCS for medical stuff. How much of a problem is it for non-aviators? Is it just a repeat of the MEPS physical? That one seemed pretty thorough so I guess I'm confused about what else they could do/be looking for? Is it not just more or less a repeat/verification? (Obviously the flight physical is a very different thing but the previous heartburn question has me wondering...)
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Yeah most of the NPQs you'll see are for aviation (vision, anthro, etc.). If you made it through MEPS just fine and you're not going SNA/SNFO I wouldn't sweat it. Most of the stuff is a repeat.
 
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Brand0034

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AULANI said:
We couldn't wear watches but it didn't matter because there is a big-ass digital clock that they put up on the track to let you know your pace/time.
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Sweet. Just wanted to be able to see the time, that works.
hdr777 said:
If it's outdoors its a normal track, if you need to go indoors for weather the track is much smaller and I think either 21 or 22 laps for 1.5 miles
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That would suck being such a small track lol
 
alec0811

alec0811

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How's it going guys?

I just graduated from OCS on April 17th with class 09-20 and designated as SNA.
If you guys have any questions about the program, I can definitely help you out. My gouge is fairly new and regarding the COVID situation, a lot has changed while I was there.

Good luck to everyone!
 
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