soccerman816
Well-Known Member
I appreciate your help with anything you can give me. Even if it’s just a referral to another person. I’ll chase it down! This is my last-ditch effort, as I have to make decisions very soon. Even if you screenshot this post and text it to your buddy at NAMI, that's helpful.
I am in a quandary. I have never worn glasses because I had to, just because they helped me read license plates at night as a police officer. I see just fine in the day and the majority of things at night without them. They help with nighttime reading at a distance for small details. Now I find out through my proactivity, I find I could have something worse.
I submitted my packet months ago in July for the aviation board for SNA and NFO. I went to MEPS and they passed me with no issue. I, being my proactive minded self, went to get my eyes evaluated for LASIK because I knew I had astigmatism. This is when I had my first corneal topography done. The nurse said I had astigmatism and I needed to see the ophthalmologist. He said based on my age, 25, that if I see as well as I do and I have never had a problem it was irregular astigmatism but a doctor in the military without specialization may diagnose it as Keratoconus (KC) bubbling it up to a much bigger problem with big Navy. The only way to see this is a corneal topography scan. The only job in all of the military that does a topography scan that I am aware of is SNA... Well, I was selected this week for SNA and not looked at for NFO due to the SNA offer. While great on paper, I have an issue.
As you may know, KC is disqualifying for not just SNA but the entire military as a whole. I wouldn’t even have put in for SNA (even with it being my dream) if I knew prior. I fear that I get to OCS and NAMI DQ’s me from a chance at the military all together when I guess I could put in for the next board for NFO only and have no fear and work a 30-year career successfully. I don’t want to ruin my chance at the service when I know there is an opportunity around if.
I have my most recent topography scans, recent measurements, and my MEPS paperwork with redacted personal information, and can send them for advice. If you have a NAMI Ophthomolgist, I would kill for that connection, just to tell me what they see and what they don't. Looking for advice or anonymous professional opinions wherever I can find them.
I am in a quandary. I have never worn glasses because I had to, just because they helped me read license plates at night as a police officer. I see just fine in the day and the majority of things at night without them. They help with nighttime reading at a distance for small details. Now I find out through my proactivity, I find I could have something worse.
I submitted my packet months ago in July for the aviation board for SNA and NFO. I went to MEPS and they passed me with no issue. I, being my proactive minded self, went to get my eyes evaluated for LASIK because I knew I had astigmatism. This is when I had my first corneal topography done. The nurse said I had astigmatism and I needed to see the ophthalmologist. He said based on my age, 25, that if I see as well as I do and I have never had a problem it was irregular astigmatism but a doctor in the military without specialization may diagnose it as Keratoconus (KC) bubbling it up to a much bigger problem with big Navy. The only way to see this is a corneal topography scan. The only job in all of the military that does a topography scan that I am aware of is SNA... Well, I was selected this week for SNA and not looked at for NFO due to the SNA offer. While great on paper, I have an issue.
As you may know, KC is disqualifying for not just SNA but the entire military as a whole. I wouldn’t even have put in for SNA (even with it being my dream) if I knew prior. I fear that I get to OCS and NAMI DQ’s me from a chance at the military all together when I guess I could put in for the next board for NFO only and have no fear and work a 30-year career successfully. I don’t want to ruin my chance at the service when I know there is an opportunity around if.
I have my most recent topography scans, recent measurements, and my MEPS paperwork with redacted personal information, and can send them for advice. If you have a NAMI Ophthomolgist, I would kill for that connection, just to tell me what they see and what they don't. Looking for advice or anonymous professional opinions wherever I can find them.