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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask/Tell > Serving America overseas - Ask us about the Peace Corps!
 
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Positive Optimyst
Oct 25, 2010

by FactsAreUseless

RagnarokAngel posted:

I had minor surgery on my shoulder years before I left and I made the mistake of telling them. The paperwork I needed to prove I was absolutely safe to serve was insane.

Don't tell them anything.

It's a bureaucracy.

Tell them nothing.

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Positive Optimyst
Oct 25, 2010

by FactsAreUseless

speshl guy posted:

So I'm leaving in three months, already have medical clearance, and just discovered I may have a hernia. Would getting corrective surgery be disqualifying? Would I get put on some type of probationary period pending full recovery or removed from my group entirely?

From what I understand it's a pretty simple surgery requiring only a week or two to recover from, but I have no idea how Peace Corps medical will react to it when I report it to them.

Do not report it.

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