Guest guest Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 In a message dated 09-Jan-06 12:51:58 Central Standard Time, sherekahn@... writes: I will have to monitor this for the rest of my life; my question is, now that I'm a medication-dependent person (Synthroid) can I be a paramedic? It's all I've ever wanted to do. Renae: as long as you keep taking your medications and are followed on a regular basis (which could be as little as every 6 months if everything else is going well), there should be no problems with you achieving a full career as a Paramedic... There are a lot of docs and nurses as well as other medics who have to take Synthroid or other medications on a regular basis. ck S. Krin, DO FAAFP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Ms. , Welcome back. I bet you had your email preferences set not to receive emails from the list. You can go into your yahoo profile and change that if you want. Now as far as your other question. You need to sit down with your doctors and ask if they believe you can handle working as a full-time field paramedic. In my humble opinion I don't see any medical reason why you could not become a full time field paramedic but that is a decision that you must make along with good information from your physicians. Bernie Stafford EMTP _____ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Renae B. Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 12:47 PM To: Subject: any hope? Hi, Somehow, I got into this group, but hadn't heard from it in forever. Today my box has over 30 messages from the group, so it seems a good opportunity to ask a question. I got my EMT-B several years back and worked full time for two years. I loved it. Life happened, I moved, I was out of it for two years, then went back to school and knocked out A & P 1 & 2 along with other classes. I was about to enroll in paramedic school when I got thyroid cancer. I endured a total thyroidectomy and radioactive treatments, was given the all-clear, and told to resume my life. I will have to monitor this for the rest of my life; my question is, now that I'm a medication-dependent person (Synthroid) can I be a paramedic? It's all I've ever wanted to do. Thanks, Renae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Renae; The med your on shouldn't stop you from practicing as a paramedic, I'm diabetic and on an insulin pump and it has yet to stop me from doing what I too love doing.. Don't let this stop you.. IF YOU CAN'T PLAY WITH THE " BIG DAWG " , GET OUTTA THE BACK OF MY TRUCK!!!!! D.Curry EMT-P --------------------------------- Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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