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Garda Recruitment - Stage 3a - Medical Examination

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    #782
    Dub chick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 53 ✭✭Dub chick


    jakestephens wrote: »
    Ive my medical the 8th aswell, dyin to jus get it done.


    I hear ye buddy!


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    #783
    jakestephens
    Closed Accounts Posts: 30 ✭jakestephens


    whats the story with the requirements for your teeth do you know dub chick?


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    #784
    Dub chick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 53 ✭✭Dub chick


    jakestephens wrote: »
    whats the story with the requirements for your teeth do you know dub chick?


    not really Jake. just going on what i've read here and i know a guy who was deferred for 3 mths as he needed 3 fillings...so just gonna make sure i don't need any. am unemployed since yesterday, can't really afford any delays for silly reasons like that as u can imagine.

    have u had a check up recently?


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    #785
    jakestephens
    Closed Accounts Posts: 30 ✭jakestephens


    No jaysus i havn't been the dentist in a year or so, i had braces when i was younger so once dey wer off i was outta there as quick as possible. I used to be in the dentist every 6 weeks. maybe its worth getting them checked out alright to be on the safe side.
    Do ya think ya'll make the november intake?


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    #786
    Dub chick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 53 ✭✭Dub chick


    jakestephens wrote: »
    No jaysus i havn't been the dentist in a year or so, i had braces when i was younger so once dey wer off i was outta there as quick as possible. I used to be in the dentist every 6 weeks. maybe its worth getting them checked out alright to be on the safe side.
    Do ya think ya'll make the november intake?

    well if med goes ok i think i'll get PCT shortly after. I may eat these words but yeah....i'm really confident...........


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    #787
    jakestephens
    Closed Accounts Posts: 30 ✭jakestephens


    good to hear confidence!!
    Best luck with the rest of the process.


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    #788
    Dub chick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 53 ✭✭Dub chick


    jakestephens wrote: »
    good to hear confidence!!
    Best luck with the rest of the process.

    you too! keep me posted!


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    #789
    Spudley
    Registered Users Posts: 45 ✭Spudley


    Dub chick wrote: »
    I hear ye buddy!

    Same here, in the 8th for medical, nervous as hell, as i lost my job too.
    If it works out it will be unreal but i'm seriously nervous despite being really well prepared (laser surgery sorted, lost 3 stone over the summer (due to redundancy related training!), bmi well down)


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    #790
    jakestephens
    Closed Accounts Posts: 30 ✭jakestephens


    Spudley wrote: »
    Same here, in the 8th for medical, nervous as hell, as i lost my job too.
    If it works out it will be unreal but i'm seriously nervous despite being really well prepared (laser surgery sorted, lost 3 stone over the summer (due to redundancy related training!), bmi well down)


    Fair play to ya. What time you in at on the 8th? im in first thing at half 8!


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    #791
    Dub chick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 53 ✭✭Dub chick


    Spudley wrote: »
    Same here, in the 8th for medical, nervous as hell, as i lost my job too.
    If it works out it will be unreal but i'm seriously nervous despite being really well prepared (laser surgery sorted, lost 3 stone over the summer (due to redundancy related training!), bmi well down)


    jeez thats some achievement!!!!! well done!


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    #792
    horse1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 113 ✭✭horse1


    im up the 9th. hopefull if everything goes well with medical and pct we will get november. anyone else have medical on the 9th


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    #793
    The Dude 87
    Closed Accounts Posts: 297 ✭✭The Dude 87


    Paolo5 wrote: »
    Eyes are tested unaided. Doc examines you and you need to pass the requirement unaided.
    cmcskeane wrote: »
    The nurse told me to bring my glasses in with me to the doctor. He tests them unaided and then aided, so he tells you to wear your glasses and then read the chart. He may also take a quick look at the glasses to see what kind of strength you are using, etc... But at the end of the day you need to pass the standard for both aided and unaided. (4-5 lines down the chart roughly)


    So can you bring glasses in with you yes or no?? When they rang me to confirm a date for the medical I asked them could I bring in glasses and he said yes no problem so why are paople saying you cant??

    I also thought if you cant read the 4 or 5 line unaided but you can with glasses you pass..............:confused:


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    #794
    kc12
    Registered Users Posts: 31 ✭kc12


    Well. have the medical on the 8th as well.
    Also have lost 14 kg and have had the eye surgery done. Got the first eye done 7 weeks ago and its fine now but the other havs only be done 4 weeks but i hope it will be ok to pass the test.

    Will be gutted if i dont get it as I left my job a month ago.


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    #795
    cathalfeely
    Registered Users Posts: 120 ✭✭cathalfeely


    there seems to be an awful lot of us going in for the medical next week!! (im on the 8th). Is there any ongoing this week? I wonder how the pct datesa re looking??? starting to get nervous now.


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    #796
    Spudley
    Registered Users Posts: 45 ✭Spudley


    jakestephens wrote: »
    Fair play to ya. What time you in at on the 8th? im in first thing at half 8!

    Thanks a lot,
    I'm on at 10:30 which is perfect as i am travelling up from cork. Will prob take the train, cos if i were late due to traffic i'd freak out.

    Best of luck with your own too.


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    #797
    Spudley
    Registered Users Posts: 45 ✭Spudley


    Dub chick wrote: »
    jeez thats some achievement!!!!! well done!

    Thanks Dub Chick, but can't shake the nerves. I was fine for last few weeks, hardly thought about it but now with only a week to go I'm bricking it.
    Best of luck with your own too


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    #798
    Paolo5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 288 ✭✭Paolo5


    cathalfeely wrote: »
    there seems to be an awful lot of us going in for the medical next week!! (im on the 8th). Is there any ongoing this week? I wonder how the pct datesa re looking??? starting to get nervous now.

    All I can say is that I did the medical at the start on Sept and the earliest PCT was mid october. So since then I take it there has been 5 weeks of people passing and booking PCT dates.

    Has anyone passed the medical very recently and when was their PCT date?

    You do hear of people who do medical and PCT in the same week - I just would not be pinning all my hopes on it unless of course someone can answer the q above.


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    #799
    goouch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 180 ✭✭goouch


    Best of luck everyone going for the medical gr8 things are moving along for ye im still waiting in batch 1 not that it means anything only a longer wait at this stage :(


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    #800
    Spudley
    Registered Users Posts: 45 ✭Spudley


    A mate of mine who went in in Jan I think, booked his PCT on his way out of the medical on the day. Would love that scenario


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    #801
    soundlad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 277 ✭✭soundlad


    Paolo5 wrote: »
    All I can say is that I did the medical at the start on Sept and the earliest PCT was mid october. So since then I take it there has been 5 weeks of people passing and booking PCT dates.

    Has anyone passed the medical very recently and when was their PCT date?

    You do hear of people who do medical and PCT in the same week - I just would not be pinning all my hopes on it unless of course someone can answer the q above.

    there have not been people on here doing pct's over the last month so maybe they are just goin to get everyone doing medicals soon to do pct's the following week.lets all hope that anyway. never confident about these things. failed this stage 7 months ago be heartbreakin to fail again.


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    #802
    bettyboo1
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭bettyboo1


    Hi Guys,

    This is all new to me.

    I passed the interview there at the end of August. Ive met with the local Sergent, Im from May batch 2, top 30, just wondering is there any1 out there on the same time frame as me, have dey been called for medical yet?
    How long do you think the backround checks will take?
    I presume I mite as well 4get about Nov intake at dis stage :(

    Sorry about all the questions, the waiting & not knowing is tough


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    #803
    sfhawke7w
    Closed Accounts Posts: 176 ✭✭sfhawke7w


    okay guys

    i am in batch one and waiting on call for medical however i have been told that november is full and i could be waiting till next year before i get the call as there is a large number ahead of me some even from 2007! only about 100 from may applicants have been called.

    so guys relax for probably the majority here you have nothing to worry about and are probably quite younger than i am, but i am glad of the delay as it gives me time to get the weight down, was at my dentist this morning and all is grand, am disappointed as thought nov would be great but not to be.

    as have been told on numerous occasions if it is meant for you it wont pass you by.

    i handed my notice into work today as the stress has been killing me so looking forward to just taking it wasy for a couple of months.


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    #804
    Dolph Starbeam
    Registered Users Posts: 4,536 ✭✭✭Dolph Starbeam


    bettyboo1 wrote: »
    Hi Guys,

    This is all new to me.

    I passed the interview there at the end of August. Ive met with the local Sergent, Im from May batch 2, top 30, just wondering is there any1 out there on the same time frame as me, have dey been called for medical yet?
    How long do you think the backround checks will take?
    I presume I mite as well 4get about Nov intake at dis stage :(

    Sorry about all the questions, the waiting & not knowing is tough

    Ye there is a few of us here that did the interview on the 24th of August that passed, we were in batch 2 but none of us have got any word yet.


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    #805
    horse1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 113 ✭✭horse1


    soundlad wrote: »
    there have not been people on here doing pct's over the last month so maybe they are just goin to get everyone doing medicals soon to do pct's the following week.lets all hope that anyway. never confident about these things. failed this stage 7 months ago be heartbreakin to fail again.

    what did you fail on if you dont mind me asking


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    #806
    soundlad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 277 ✭✭soundlad


    horse1 wrote: »
    what did you fail on if you dont mind me asking


    failed on weight. got it down now so hopefully be no problems. just want to get it over wit now . this time next week though so im sure we can all wait a little longer


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    #807
    Ribena
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12 ✭Ribena


    were you much overweight? Is there any lee-way at all on it I wonder??


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    #808
    Paolo5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 288 ✭✭Paolo5


    Spudley wrote: »
    A mate of mine who went in in Jan I think, booked his PCT on his way out of the medical on the day. Would love that scenario

    This is standard prcatise for everyone who passes. You are told by the doctor to go over and book the PCT in a different building in the grounds after you leave the medical building.

    When I passed in early September there were PCT's in mid September but they were over booked when I went to over to the building to book it and the earliest they had was mid October. I presume there are more available at the end of October as there are always people rushed through just before an intake.


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    #809
    soundlad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 277 ✭✭soundlad


    Ribena wrote: »
    were you much overweight? Is there any lee-way at all on it I wonder??

    was about 2 stone over .had a bmi of about 30 or 31 . lost over 3 now so hopefully thats enough. i think there is lee way depending on your body fat percentage and all not quite sure how it works though .


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    #810
    Ribena
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12 ✭Ribena


    cheers for the reply, am currently working on reducing my BMI have medical coming up towards the end of the month, so nervous about it. I'd really hate to fail on the grounds of weight, hope I've enought off by the time the medical comes round.. Best of luck with yours, you've had great weight loss so no reason now why shouldn't pass


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    #811
    goouch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 180 ✭✭goouch


    sfhawke7w wrote: »
    okay guys

    i am in batch one and waiting on call for medical however i have been told that november is full and i could be waiting till next year before i get the call as there is a large number ahead of me some even from 2007! only about 100 from may applicants have been called.

    so guys relax for probably the majority here you have nothing to worry about and are probably quite younger than i am, but i am glad of the delay as it gives me time to get the weight down, was at my dentist this morning and all is grand, am disappointed as thought nov would be great but not to be.

    as have been told on numerous occasions if it is meant for you it wont pass you by.

    i handed my notice into work today as the stress has been killing me so looking forward to just taking it wasy for a couple of months.
    Snap was told today that November was also full and that the next intake is Feb and then May still waiting on 1check to come back tho but guess ill start aiming for Feb now


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