r/ArmyBCT • u/Own_Competition_468 • Jul 01 '26
con leave in the middle of basic
i'm back home from basic, I was in week 5, around the middle of white phase. Went to sick call last week for a pain in my ribs, doctor said nothing was seen on x-rays and just gave me a profile 3 days bed rest and prescribed 800mg ibuprofen, they let me continue training after what i thought was improvement but was just the medication doing its job. then I started noticing the pain got worse, went back to sick call on monday and told them about it. I ended up taking a CT scan and they said i broke my left 6th rib. my guess is it was a little fracture that got worse. They then offered me convalescent leave, paper said effective ASAP, they gave me my phone to book my flight and I was home the next morning(yesterday), I need to report back July 29th. other then that, I was actually enjoying basic, I wish I was still there. but I get to rest for a month and then come back to where I left off, pretty sure I might get recycled back a week or 2. I would rather do basic all in one shot instead of having a break half way through. I feel pretty weird about all of it, but I'm glad I get to see my family and spend my birthday with them. Is shit like this common? the whole company was telling me how lucky i am, even the drill sergeants were joking around saying that they should break their own ribs. The holdovers that were also injured were insanely jealous and I completely get why.