Chapman1988
10-08-12, 02:06 AM
Hello, I have contracted and will soon be going up in front of the November board for the upcoming January class of OCS. I run a 296 PFT hopefully a 300 before October 20th when I run my board PFT. All in all I am quite healthy except I have occasional mild asthma that is induced by an allergy to dust/dustmites. I did get my waiver through for the asthma after passing 2 pulmonary tests.
My question is, sleeping in new places, especially if they are dusty or dank, can occasionally bring up breathing problems for me. Sleeping in the barracks during OCS is my primary concern. Just to clarify, this is brought on my dust not activity, running and being out in the air actually helps significantly if I encounter breathing problems due to allergies.
Thankfully this allergic reaction can be prevented by over the counter drugs like Claritin, Allegra, Benadryl etc... I have tried finding this information elsewhere but I haven't been able to. Is it realistic to plan on bringing Benadryl or Claritin etc. to OCS and just taking it daily before heading to sleep?
Thank you for your time,
Very Respectfully,
Dan
My question is, sleeping in new places, especially if they are dusty or dank, can occasionally bring up breathing problems for me. Sleeping in the barracks during OCS is my primary concern. Just to clarify, this is brought on my dust not activity, running and being out in the air actually helps significantly if I encounter breathing problems due to allergies.
Thankfully this allergic reaction can be prevented by over the counter drugs like Claritin, Allegra, Benadryl etc... I have tried finding this information elsewhere but I haven't been able to. Is it realistic to plan on bringing Benadryl or Claritin etc. to OCS and just taking it daily before heading to sleep?
Thank you for your time,
Very Respectfully,
Dan