Well, got some clairification from my PCM today. I had told the flight physician that I had high blood pressure, and that's why I was taking Lisinopril. Come to find out, I don't have high blood pressure, and because the flight physician never saw my actual medical record, and went off of what I told him, he didn't know any better. According to my PCM, I have had instances of "elevated blood pressure" that does not require medication and he is fully confident that it can be controlled by diet and exercise (like 6 miles a day isn't enough). According to NOMI waiver guidelines, any high blood pressure REQUIRING medication is not waiverable. It says that high blood pressure controlled by lifestyle changes does not need a waiver. Had my PCM write a letter stating all this, and emailed it to NOMI. He said that he would resubmit my paperwork for reevaluation. I hope this takes care of it, and my stupidity for telling them I had something that I THOUGHT I had!
About the designator...I can't blame them either, but had just hoped that they would throw me at the top of the alternates list for another option, but was told to reapply next year instead...there were no open billets.
I'm one of those people who believes that things happen for a reason, so if I'm out, maybe the person to take my spot really needs this more than I do right now. It's hard to stay positive when you've worked so hard to get somewhere. Anyone who is in CORE want to switch billets with me?! (HA!)