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MY bf is at combat seabee school in mississippi for about a month an a half. I finally got to chat with him yesterday to find out he isn't doing so well physically. He's been having chest pain so much that friday he almost collapsed they did an x ray and gave him pain killers. said they would give results and have him see a cardiologist possibly on monday or tuesday.
A question dawned on me since we just started dating all of two months ago. If something happened to him I would never be notified. I don't know his family yet and the family he has he is not cloe to in the least. what can be done ?
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Permalink Reply by Zozy's girl on
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Maybe if he's got a buddy at the school he could always ask for them to contact you if anything happened? My sailor is on deployment right now, and I worried about the same thing so that's what we did. Girlfriends fall into that gray area =/
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Permalink Reply by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on
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As much as it sucks, there's not much you can do besides making contact with his family. The only person the Navy will notify is his next of kin. If you're married, they'll automatically talk to you, but otherwise he would have to specifically list you in his paperwork, and if you've only been dating a short while that's probably not his first thought. I remember feeling the same way back when we were dating and when we were engaged, so I've been there before, but there really isn't much you can do. Get in touch with his family, or at least his next of kin, so you won't be out of the loop if something were to happen.
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Permalink Reply by yvonne13marie on
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I have been trying to be okay its the third day since we last spoke and I won't like i am seriously worried he was supposed to go see the doc get results and possibly see a cardiologist on either monday or tuesday they have limited wifi there so He can only contact me when he is in the library. I know he was able to move around and everything but having chest pain and having to sleep in a chair so that its not as bad makes me worry. I don't have his mom's info since we are still only on the third month and he has been gone most of the relationship. So do I just wait ?
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Unless you know any of his friends that would be willing to check up on him for you, yes, you just wait. Contacting his command wouldn't do any good because unless he had given your name as a point of contact/next of kin to them, they won't tell you anything, and considering how short of a time you've been together, it's not likely he did so.
So yes, contact his family or friends or just wait. Sorry, dear, there's not anything else you can do.
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Did you ever hear from you boyfriend? I've been hoping you have!
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yes thankfully he is coming home on friday. i got to hear from him a few times since i wrote this but when we went through two weeks without contact that was really hard and i was super worried.... thank you for checking up.
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That's fantastic!
I know it's hard to go without hearing from them, especially when you're worried about their health/well-being. On my husband's first deployment, the day they came home, I hadn't heard from him all day, which was very unusual, especially since they had cell-phone service again. I knew it'd be awhile before he got off the ship, but still expected to hear something from him. Well about 4pm (the ship pulled in at 10am) I finally got a text from him that he was coming off the ship. He came off the pier and I hugged him and such, and then realized he had STITCHES in his chin. Turns out, he had gotten an awful flu bug after they pulled out of San Diego which he had told me about, but he didn't tell me that he wasn't even keeping fluids down. So the morning of homecoming at muster his chief asked him to take a step forward, and when he did, he passed out right there onto the non-skid and was lucky he didn't break his jaw.
Anyways, point of my story is, now every time I don't hear from him I assume he's passed out somewhere or getting stitches. Lol. I assume the worst, and it's always hard not to.
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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Not knowing is awful. We were in Japan, and my husband had just come back from exercises in Thailand. He called me from the airbase and let me know he was on his way home on his Harley. Takes about 45 minutes. An hour passed, then two, then three. No way to call him, cellphones were uncommon. Around three in the morning, I hear voices coming up the sidewalk to the house (we lived on a steep hillside), but not the sound of the Harley. I could see two guys in uniform. I was sure he was dead. No, it was him and his friend who had given him a ride home from the hospital. A taxi had run a red light and nailed the motorcycle. He'd been at the ER, getting stitched up. Said he didn't want to worry me, so he didn't call. ARGH!!!! CALL!!!! I worry more when I don't know!
Very important to let your SO know the importance of communication. Sigh. Men.
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anti M so true i would worry less knowing that something happened and its degree than not knowing anything because then the stuff my mind comes up with is always way way way worse. I do need to let him know how important communication is once he gets home he has done a decent job of it just not with all this chest pain stuff. i guess trying to be mr. tough guy
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oh that must be so hard on you and yes he comes home friday he is going to the hospital first thing he is still having some chest pains so he wants to take care of that ASAP
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oh that must be so hard on you and yes he comes home friday he is going to the hospital first thing he is still having some chest pains so he wants to take care of that ASAP
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