Entry by: Jenn
So, yesterday we recieved our medical packets from DC. ITt's a pretty thick packet with everything we need for medical, dental and vision exams. There is also paperwork for us to be reimbursed for the cost of having these done. We get $69 for dental, $145 for women/ $125 for men for physical, and $12 for any needed glasses Rx. All other expenses beyond this are our responsibility.
Now the hunt begins for physicians and appoinment dates to get it all done x2 (for each of us). For myself, there wil be an additional pap smear that must be done. It's a daunting task to do so much for two people as quickly as possible. The information pamphlet that came with it states that a medical review can take 1-6 mos after we submit it back to them, depending on the complexity of our medical issues. I have no medical issues, except a sulfa allergy and allergy to cinnamon. Joshua broke his neck in a car accident in 2003, but has no other issues with this. We hope to have no hiccups in the review process. Monday we will start calling doctor offices for appointments. The paperwork states that we can go to any military or government medical facility (like VA) for a free physical exam. Josh will take that route, as I will use my insurance from my FT job.
We will keep updating! Until then we will read our collected short story book provided in our packets. It is a book of short accounts from former volunteers of their time in Peace Corps.
I found your blog while googling info on PC medical. I also have a sulfa allergy and was trying to find out what kind of restriction that would mean. Did you have any problems getting placed because of the sulfa allergy? Thanks for any infor you can give me!
ReplyDeleteI started blogging because I really couldn't find anything when we started searching. We have not heard back about placement yet. Medical packets are all turned in, and they asked for final resumes to be sent in back in February. They mentioned no concerns about my allergy. We have both been medically cleared and just waiting on acceptance and placement. Basically they told me that since my allergy can be avoided it shouldn't be a problem.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the info! Good luck with the rest of the process!
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