hey y'all, this has been a possibility ive been thinking of and I was wondering how it would go with an FC1. a while ago, I would get chronic ear infections and was given allergy medicine and ear drops that only fixes the problem slightly. I can wear headphones for a bit and my ears now only get irritated, and sometimes my hearing lessens a little; almost like a preceding ear infection, but after a day or two, my ear is fine.
I figured this would be a problem that I would need to address before an FC1 or getting hired because when and if I get picked up at my unit and I am flying at UPT, IFF, b-COURSE, etc., my ears will definitely be covered for long periods of time (HGU-55P). this will for sure irritate my ears.
TLDR; if I got tympanoplasty surgery before getting hired, would that disqualify me at my FC1, requiring a waiver? Or, should I wait to get hired and get surgery after since right now my guard unit is taking 3 years+ to send 11F's to UPT?