Stick in the Arm #2...

Hello All!

Well, now it seems I'm officially done with the medical exam!  I got a confirmation email from National Medical Systems saying that they were sending my results to Disney on Monday.  So - I should hear something next week with a confirmation that I passed.

My second stick of the needle went much better than the first.  I made an appointment with the lab so I was in and out in 15 minutes.  So that was very nice, a lot faster than the first.  She was also way better at drawing blood.  It wasn't painful and she was able to find my vein quickly and didn't have to wiggle the needle around to find it...

So, yay! Now I believe I'm just waiting for confirmation that I passed, then it's on to waiting for a start date.  A friend from the UK just got her start date today so hopefully I won't be very far behind!

Anyway, short update - hopefully I'll have more soon!

Steph :)

A Slight Misstep...

Hello All!

Well, apparently there has been a slight misstep with my lab results...

The lab lost my blood samples!!!

So, next week I get to go back and have it drawn again.  For someone who doesn't like needles, I am certainly not excited.  I just hope that I have a better person drawing my blood than last time...

Anyway, that's all - just a little hiccup hopefully!

-Steph :)

The Medical Exam

Hello All!!!

Well, yesterday I had the dreaded medical exam... 

Luckily - it really wasn't all that bad.

What it was was long.  My appointment was at 10am.  So I got there at 9:45 and signed in.  They only had one little form for me to fill out - so I asked about the two other forms I thought I had.  The man from National Medical Systems (the company Disney contracts with) had told me that I would need to sign the DCL medical examination form and the Seafarers Medical Certificate.  It took them some time - but eventually they found them and gave me about 12 more forms... Example: a form to say that they were going to draw blood - then a form to say that they could have my blood tested, then a form that says they could send the test results to Disney...

Anyway, they didn't take me back until 10:45 - and the first thing they did was draw my blood.   They needed six vials of the stuff - so I was beat the rest of the day.  But the man who drew my blood wasn't great.  Now, I've given blood to the Red Cross a lot and they are always really good about finding a vein, etc.  Well, this guy was not.  It took him forever to find a vein, and when he finally poked me - the blood apparently wasn't flowing.  So he decided to jam the needle up my arm more, then, when that didn't work, well he thought it'd be great to wiggle it around... Now for someone who doesn't like needles it was not a fun experience.  I have a big bruise in the crook of my arm today.

Finally, when he was done the rest of the exam was much less painful.  I had an audiogram.  Which is when you sit in a little room and put on headphones and push a button every time you hear a sound.  Then I had a vision test, a test to see if I was color blind (I'm not), then they took my blood pressure, my temp, and then I finally got to see the doc.

I was with the doc for probably about 15 minutes.  He listened basically.  To my heart, my lungs, my liver, my spleen, etc...  When he was done I had to go back and sit in the lobby for a few more minutes, sign one more form, then I was finally done!  Two hours and forty-five minutes later...

I'll know the results in a week/week and a half.  But the doc said unless something weird comes back in my bloodwork I'll be fit for duty!

So that's my story - I'll let you know when I hear back.

ttfn,

-Steph :)