I was sitting at home Two days after Christmas the smell of pies still in the air when my Platoon Sargent emailed me wanting me to come back from convalescent leave. I emailed him back saying, “I was just cleared for an extension of my convalescent leave and that I was not fully healed at that moment in time.”
He responded back saying, “It doesn’t matter the colonel did not clear you for leave, and he says that there is no medical documents saying you cannot come back.”
So I set up an emergency check up with the family doctor, and got in the next afternoon. When I arrived in the waiting room I was called back to see my doctor almost immediately. This time no nurse came in to take vitals or ask questions as I had been in there several times about my injuries over the last month or so. When my doctor walked …show more content…
It even hurts enough to make me cry in pain when I laugh which sucks since my family likes to joke around a lot.”
So he ended his diagnosis with that I am not fit to travel and the military should not force me to travel and that I need more time to relax and heal. So I gave him my platoon sergeants number to relay the information that I am not fit to travel and I also sent the same information through an email.
My Platoon Sargent replies back to me, “it doesn’t matter what a civilian doctor says if you are not back on post in three days you will be considered (AWOL) Absent Without Leave.”
So I scheduled a flight as soon as possible but the soonest I could get was four days out, and had to go through a large amount of pain during the 3 hour car ride to the airport along with an immediate 10 hour plane ride with layover from Michigan back to
He responded back saying, “It doesn’t matter the colonel did not clear you for leave, and he says that there is no medical documents saying you cannot come back.”
So I set up an emergency check up with the family doctor, and got in the next afternoon. When I arrived in the waiting room I was called back to see my doctor almost immediately. This time no nurse came in to take vitals or ask questions as I had been in there several times about my injuries over the last month or so. When my doctor walked …show more content…
It even hurts enough to make me cry in pain when I laugh which sucks since my family likes to joke around a lot.”
So he ended his diagnosis with that I am not fit to travel and the military should not force me to travel and that I need more time to relax and heal. So I gave him my platoon sergeants number to relay the information that I am not fit to travel and I also sent the same information through an email.
My Platoon Sargent replies back to me, “it doesn’t matter what a civilian doctor says if you are not back on post in three days you will be considered (AWOL) Absent Without Leave.”
So I scheduled a flight as soon as possible but the soonest I could get was four days out, and had to go through a large amount of pain during the 3 hour car ride to the airport along with an immediate 10 hour plane ride with layover from Michigan back to