Originally Posted by
flyboy1818
The second test involves and elctrocardiogram. Basically they stick electrodes to your head flash strobe lights at you for about 20 minutes, bit like a disco!
They measure your heart through your head? Wierd! Are you
sure you don't mean an electroencephalogram?
All aircrew do this test for their part 2 medical, it's to test for predisposition to fitting, rather than eyesight.
As far as the blood retest goes, I had to have mine retaken for cholesterol and liver function. I nearly had kittens, and went on a binge of milk thistle and Benecol, while abstaining from all alcohol and fried food! Ended up talking to someone in the know at OASC (can't remember if it was before or after the blood was drawn and sent off by my GP) who informed me that there hadn't been any problem with my original tests, other than that they actually hadn't been performed before they discarded my original blood sample!!
Shouldn't wonder if the same thing has happened in your case; it rather reminds me of what I was told by the Leuchars dentist during my first annual dental post-IOT. He had reviewed my x-rays prior to my appointment, and as I took the chair, his assistant was preparing tools for some dental surgery! Upon looking in my mouth he took another look at my x-rays, then asked me if I'd had my wisdom teeth removed in the last 12 months. I hadn't, and he concluded that OASC had put the wrong x-rays in the wrong patient folder....
again! I wonder how many young officers get their teeth drilled or extracted in error while others are walking around with rotten ones in ignorace!