Last night I stared at the ceiling of a tent hospital, wishing the itching and the shaking would just stop.
Apparently I'm allegeric to the medication that was intended to help me.
Now what?
They asked for volunteers, so I volunteered. I deployed and spent a year in the sandbox. I came home. The Army decided I was too broken to serve any longer and gave me temporary medical retirement. I'm a civilian again and married right back in. My husband is gearing to deploy. In the meantime, I have a strange love-hate relationship with the Army. Sometimes it sucks, sometimes it doesn't.
About Me
- Techno
- I'm a contradiction all by myself. Soldier and student. Stargazer and computer geek. Boots and music. Paper pusher and globetrotter. It all works out in the end.
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A bit of history...
There was a call for volunteers to deploy in Spring of 2006. I volunteered, was selected, passed the screening process, and was sent to reclassification training to go from being a bandsman to a human resource specialist. After graduation, I was home for roughly a month. I met the rest of my new unit right before we were sent to mobilization training. Once validated, we were sent overseas in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
I left university, quit my job, dumped my foreign boyfriend, and said a few very painful goodbyes. But I don't regret it one bit.
In early August, I was MEDEVAC'd out of the desert. My unit was just a few weeks away from going home. Now my only job is to get better. The irony is that they returned to their homes before I did.The Army has offered me disability and temporary retirement pay. I'm taking it. Bye bye combat boots.
2 comments:
Hey Techno. I'm praying for you. Hang in there. Take care. John
Techno
I know you're not a horse ( but probably work like one) but that sure sounds like a drug reaction to me. In animals the leasions can hang around for a bit so try not to freak to much....easy for me to say. I'm sure you have a great group of doctors there and they will find whats needed .Neurochemistry is really complex but simple imbalances can cause a host of issues. I'm sure they will help you sort it out. Again , you stay in our prayers
Alan Doc Weldon
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