I've finally been given medical clearance! A couple of years ago I was having some major family problems and was prescribed anxiety/anti-depression medication by my primary physician. Well, since it wasn't prescribed by a psychologist I was told I needed to get a mental health evaluation done. My pre-service nurse emailed me at the end of July with this information. At the time I was still in South Korea where I called around to see if any English-speaking doctors could do this. I found one who was willing, but he was going to charge about $700 to do it.
Needless to say that was way out of my price range, so I decided to wait until I went home in a couple of weeks to do it. I returned to Delaware at about 11:30pm on August 13th and was able to get in to see a psychologist on the 18th. He's someone who is familiar with me and my family and knew what had happened and what my father is like. I faxed in his evaluation, which was glowing, the next morning. Less than a week later and I've been cleared! Another step closer to hopefully getting an invitation!
I noticed in the meantime that invitations for programs departing in February, my nomination month, have started going out, which has made me nervous. I'm really hoping to talk to a placement officer really soon so my program doesn't get filled up before I'm ready. Hopefully it will all work out on time, just have to wait and see!
Anyway, I've made it back home! Been here for a little over a week and am loving it! The weather is amazing and I've been enjoying spending time with family and friends and reading/tanning on my deck. Looking for a job though. That's not so much fun. I'm hoping to go back to where I was working last summer, but for now I'm enjoying relaxing :-)
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