Beauty queen set to join unit in Iraq

[unhappycamper]

Jessica Gaulke gave up her crown as the Minneapolis Aquatennial’s Queen of the Lakes to serve with the Minnesota National Guard in Iraq. After dealing with some medical issues, she announced Sept. 13 that she'll be joining her unit in a few days.


Beauty queen set to join unit in Iraq
The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Sep 13, 2007 12:13:46 EDT

MINNEAPOLIS — Jessica Gaulke drew national attention when she announced last November she was giving up her crown as the Minneapolis Aquatennial’s Queen of the Lakes to serve with the Minnesota National Guard in Iraq.

She’s finally ready to go after overcoming serious medical issues that nearly made that impossible.

In January, she married her high school sweetheart, Jeff Charyer, and changed her last name. After her honeymoon, she left for training in Oklahoma. But the new Mrs. Charyer started having intense pain, so she saw an Army doctor.

“I came in this morning thinking I was completely healthy and about 10 hours later, he was like, this is an emergency surgery that needs to happens now,” she told WCCO-TV.

It turned out she had a potentially life-threatening condition: a large ovarian cyst. During surgery in May, the cyst ruptured and she lost a lot of blood.

Despite her determination to recover, she continued to experience intense pain and decided she couldn’t deploy. Because she was scheduled to be in Iraq for a year, her doctors initially offered her a prescription for a year’s supply of a powerful painkiller. She refused and insisted on more tests.


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/09/ap_beautyqueen_070913/

[bananas]

1. Isn't that why Rush Limbaugh couldn't go to Vietnam?

[tanyev]

2. I would think an ovarian cyst would be much more serious than a pilonidal cyst,

which is what Rush had. But this woman is not letting it stop her. Maybe because she's not a cowardly chickenhawk.