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Comment by sgraham on October 11, 2012 at 10:02am

My daughter has been in RCU for 2 months thus far. She went there for Stress franctures in her heels (she only one week left of basic when they pulled her) she also had been sick as there division was a sickly group with chickenpox and strep throats and so on. need less to say she was on medication for some pain and then anitbiotics for her strep throat and ear infections. this caused her to get constipated. well she stayed constipated for almost four weeks. finally they took her off base to a doctor who gave her some medication to help her go. in the mean time she is still healing from her "Stress Fractures"

she was moved up to stage four and we were excited that finally we were getting close to the end of this drama. she would  have been done tomorrow.

on sunday she called, they have moved her back down to stage 2, they have now told her that she never had stress fractures in her heals and that she must have a bone disease. SERIOUSLY  she does not have a bone disease. i know they took xrays for the heels in the beginning so how did we go from stress fractures to no stress fractures to a bone disease? this is just ridicioulus. not to mention that they dont seem to have ANY say in thier treatment nor are they actually able to ask questions about their issues to the doctors. so needless to say they have now told her that they are thinking about seperating her because of a "Phantom Bone Disease". I am beyond frustrated and upset. i have never seen an organization run so poorly in my life. this is the government... what the heck... are all of the doctors the flunkies from real life.

they have also decided that becasue she was constipated that she has IBS and that would possibly be another reason to seperate her. I can assure you that she DOES NOT have IBS.

they dont allow these kids to see their families which helps in the healing process and so on and so forth. they are treated like they are weak and bad for having issues. My daughter is so broken and depressed. she has been on a roller coaster for the last two months now. if the NAVY is going to have an RCU unit than seriously let these kids heal, let them feel some worth and stop knocking them down.

I have never seen such a serious mess in my life within an organization, especially one that claims to teach structure and organization and the building up of people.

Comment by karis on October 10, 2012 at 10:23am

my son is afraid his dr on base is going to seperate him. He went to a slightly off base federal hospital and that dr ordered 3 weeks of pt and then back to work. the on base dr must be giving him some indication that he is going to allow him to stay in pt for 3 weeks then instead of releasing him into a division he will send him where the SEP;s go to return home. He said it's their job to try to save the Navy money by getting rid of SR's. My son went from being very excited to now very down. I can tell from his letters his spirit is broken. This is all he has ever wanted to do. Why are they so harsh? If he isn't going to be able to stay just send him home instead of toying with them. He said he hasn't seen daylight for over a week. Little things like that mess with your head.

I keep trying to be positive with him and just say stay focused on why you went and whatever you do don't give up. Easy for me to say this right?
It sounds like when they get sent to RCU they get almost punished for being weak. I hate this is happening to my son and the other SR's. I just want them to get better get the support they need from the inside and at home so they can go on to school and learn their trade.

Comment by Idamom on October 9, 2012 at 8:11pm

Irishluc, that is one of the worst things I have heard on this site.  I am so, so sorry. I cannot even imagine how disappointed you must be.  

I called the PA office as well because my son was put in RCU for strep throat for 2 weeks.  Well, 2 weeks passed and I hadn't heard a thing so I called and they asked for my son's name and said they would call me back.  They did and told me he wouldn't be graduating for a very long time.  This was last week.  I received a letter today saying he was being released in one day and he wrote the letter on Oct 2nd.  He didn't say what division or give a PIR date, so I have no other information, but I won't be calling the PA office as I don't think the information is accurate.  

Comment by karis on October 9, 2012 at 10:26am

irishluc13, I am so sorry this happened to you. What a mess! I hate you went through all of that but glad you got to spend a few hours with your son even though I am sure that is not how you planned to spend liberty with him. This concerns me. Did your son return to a division from RCU or did he continue training while in RCU?

Comment by Leora on October 9, 2012 at 5:38am

I'm so sorry irishluc! That is horrible.

Comment by babbs on October 6, 2012 at 1:39am

such good news from everyone! my daughter is in better spirits and i hope to find out what phase she is in Sunday. She says she has no pain so I'm not sure if that will make a difference in advancing in the phases or not.

Comment by karis on October 2, 2012 at 2:01pm

irishluc, That is fantastic news! I am so glad everything worked out for you!

Comment by Jolene2Sailors on October 1, 2012 at 10:18pm

mazzy...My son had stress fractures in both his feet. He has been in RCU for 4.5 weeks. His feet are healed, but it is taking a while for medical to clear him. I know they do what is best for them. My son told me he is in better shape physically than when he went in. He has been working to complete some of the requirements he needs to graduate while in RCU, but, in doing so, he is probably giving up his chance for a formal graduation. His original grad date was 9/28. Now, we're looking at MAYBE 10/19. We'll see. He has healed faster than we thought he would...praise God!!!

Comment by sgraham on October 1, 2012 at 7:01pm

Good News - I talked to my daughter yesterday and she said that she will moving up to phase 4... after a month and half she is finally moving in the right direction. she is looking at being completed on the 13th of October and moving on to "A School" barring no more complications. One can only hope right !

She definitely sounded so much better than she had in the past. I too will so glad to get this process moving forward and i can not wait to be able to finally see her !!

Comment by sgraham on October 1, 2012 at 6:51pm

Tea3 - if in RCU your recruit can have books, however they can not have magazine or newspapers.

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