Re: would like to pick a doctors brain

[Guest guest]

NO base is like being at home, LOL, but it just depends on what's important

to you. I liked Anaconda because I liked being on the airfield and I liked

being able to wrangle space A flights to different places. I got txfered to

a FOB with no air assets and Iraq ceased to be any fun for me, so I packed

it in. I went to see Iraq and see what was happening there, and I couldn't

do that stuck on a FOB in the middle of nowhere. I saw more of Iraq in 7

months than most people ever do and it was one of the neatest things I ever

did, but thats me. You have to decide why you are going and make decisions

based on what your motivation is. Speicher was a decent base, but the

amenities were better at Anaconda, though it got shelled all the time. Like

says, whats a big deal to me might not be a big deal to you. I had

guys transfer to other bases because they hated the noise of the airfield,

but I loved it. I hated the food in the DFACs after about a month, but I had

guys who ate there 4 times a day who couldn't get enough. The shelling

didn't bother me, but I had 2 guys who left the day after our PX got hit.

Try to stay loose and make the best of what you have. There are some

wonderful people over there if you get outside your particular group. Go out

and meet people. Make small goals the first month, and try not to think much

past the next day. Your routine is your best friend the first couple of

months. After you put 6 weeks in, you'll have your " groove " on, but its

tough on everybody if its your first deployment like this.

magnetass sends

Re: would like to pick a doctors brain

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> Yea all of us have heard that one base is better than others, and

> this base is a nightmare where that base is like being at home.

> This is the way I see it, don't worry about where you are going is

> it going to suck are all the people jerks, ect. Yes some bases are

> nicer than others; what I think is a great base most of the other

> medics in our region hate. It takes time, patients and a

> willingness to make it work. As for the knowing everything before

> you get here don't stress over it. As long as you have good

> fundamentals, commonsense, and the desire to learn (usually on your

> own) you should do fine. I am sorry to hear that the other

> gentleman that has been responding had such a bad experience. I do

> agree with him that some of the medics out here are total Bozo's but

> that seams to be the exception rather than the norm. I have been

> stationed and Al Asad, Al Fallujah, Ar Ramadi, and for a short time

> in Kuwait. They all have their advantages and disadvantages. Like

> says at the end " It all in what you make of it " .

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>> >> >> I have taken a job in Iraq as a Medic. They are putting me a

>> >> > position

>> >> >> doing " occupational " medicine. They said to read up on

>> >> > Bronchitis,

>> >> >> Sinus infections, FB eye injuries, and other disease

> processes

>> >> >> aggrivated by a hot, dry environment. What kinds of

> antibiotics

>> >> > are

>> >> >> recommend, that sort of thing. I'd appreciate it if a

> doctor

>> >> > has

>> >> >> time and wouldn't mind me picking his brain about all this

> over

>> >> > the

>> >> >> next couple weeks before I leave and over the next year.

> Thanks

>> >> > for

>> >> >> your help in advance.

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[Guest guest]

Thanks again to everyone for their input and suggestions. , I'm

heading for Houston Tomorrow (20th of Feb). I'm starting to relax a

little and just go with the flow.

> >> >>

> >> >> I have taken a job in Iraq as a Medic. They are putting me a

> >> > position

> >> >> doing " occupational " medicine. They said to read up on

> >> > Bronchitis,

> >> >> Sinus infections, FB eye injuries, and other disease processes

> >> >> aggrivated by a hot, dry environment. What kinds of

antibiotics

> >> > are

> >> >> recommend, that sort of thing. I'd appreciate it if a

doctor

> >> > has

> >> >> time and wouldn't mind me picking his brain about all this

over

> >> > the

> >> >> next couple weeks before I leave and over the next year.

Thanks

> >> > for

> >> >> your help in advance.

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >

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