[snippy07]

Hi, I'm going to MEPS Friday. I had a hernia when I was two years old and I got my wisdom teeth out 2 weeks ago. My recruiter is telling me not to tell the people at MEPS and tell them no I never have had a surgery.

Neither of the surgery's are bad. A baby hernia is nothing serious and nothing that should affect me ever in life. It made one testicle bigger than the other but other than that everything is perfectly fine. And wisdom teeth is nothing unheard of either it's just something minor.

If I tell the truth will they not accept me or what will happen? What should I do? The job position I want has only limited spots and one is reserved to me for a several more days.

I want to tell the truth because my sister who is in the Navy told me that I could get discharged if they ever find out later on.

[Wondergirl]

Truth.

[ballengerb1]

I agree and who said you won't be processed because you had surgery. Some surgeries might keep you out like certain types of cancer or spinal surgery.

[snippy07]

Will I have to wait for a waiver or anything though? Or will they look at what I wrote down and just say "Oh he had a hernia when he was 2 years old, but everything I saw from him looks fine."?

[ballengerb1]

Hard to say what they will say, probably varies from one guy to the next but still tell the truth. If you withhold the info it is considered providing false enlistment information and would be grounds to send you packing. A hernia at the age of 2 should have no impact on your enlistment, wisdom teeth even less.

[snippy07]

Thanks guys, I told the truth after debating with myself while there. They had no problems with either of the issues. The doctor at MEPS said about 10% of babies get hernias and that he wasn't concerned about it.