Just a suggestion/ sharing what worked for us. For my son when he needed the test for his ROTC physical we used Google to locate local urgent cares and local industrial medical clinics. We called several. I think it was the industrial medical clinic (the clinics that run the tests for job new hires etc.) about an hour away that my son was able to go to the same day or the next day. It did take 2-3 days for the results. We paid out of pocket but felt it was worth it.
Just trying to help here - providing a link to CDC which has a link to find testing locations.
I don't want to provide TMI but I don't think all of you candidates know how serious the need for this test is, possibly. I'll start that all I am referencing is from published/ publicly available sources. If anyone is asking if every person needs to be tested, the answer is simple - Yes. For context, I'll share that there was more than 1 Navy trainee deaths outside of Great Lakes back in 2018-2019 (2) and specifically at Great Lakes in 2019 (2), where the autopsy results I believe for at-least 2 of these correlated deaths from vigorous exercise to those who have sickle cell as a trait/ dx. Given this history, there is no way there are going to be casual about determining who does and does not have sickle cell as a dx and if they ask for it, y'all need to use the info @Capt MJ provided and "get it done". There too was a heatwave incident at NSI where several trainees went to the hospital with demonstrating signs of a heat stroke, some more serious than others, some just dehydrated- again I believe some among them who were more afflicted/ struggling may have had sickle cell here, too. It's vigorous training, and even though it snowed this week in Pittsburgh and parts north, it' well could be a heatwave in Chicago in a few weeks. Focus on getting this test if you're going to NSI and getting mentally/ physically ready for that program. That is all.
While sickle cell disease is more common in African-Americans compared to other ethnicities, it can affect people of any race or ethnicity.
There is not a specific NSI form. Submit a copy of the test results and it satisfies the requirement.
Thank you! That's where it was..."postmarked by" makes me feel much better. Our personal mail has been crazy, just last few weeks we've received two returned Christmas cards.
My DS will be at cycle 2. He'll be at tamu in the fall.
That is one version of the test. Each medical facility approaches these slightly differently. Some will give you a rapid form of the test, and depending on that result, they may do a follow-up test to confirm it. If you are positive on both tests, the tendency is to give you a sickle cell diagnosis. If you are positive on only one of them, they refer to it as sickle cell trait.
I don’t think anyone can answer this better that what CAPT Meyers stated yesterday…