Medical Withdrawal Personal Statement
Q.1. describe the medical circumstances you have been dealing with?
I have been diagnosed with the following conditions according to the doctor’s examination; chronic recurrent reactive airways disease, Insomnia, irritable bowel syndrome, generalized anxiety disorder, severe Vit.D deficiency VIT D LEVEL 10, weight loss from 261LB to 211LBS, stress disorder with depression , and VIT, B-12 and folic acid deficiency. The health and emotional problems became severe since July 2015. I had various out-patient visits for consultation for the past 12 months due to the condition I was in. I visited the consultation office a number of times and this was recorded; 02/ 18/2015, 03/06/2015, 06/29/2015, 09/21/2015, 10/19/2015, and lastly 11/17/2015. In this very year, I also went to be seen by a psychiatrist. I was advised to take rest at home and return to school when I get well. This is due to the multiple medications am being treated on and uncontrolled illness symptom, depression and insomnia. The condition impacted my life in various ways for instance the impact of depression created a bad mood that I could not have interest to pursue daily life, with a feeling of fatigue throughout the day, and without any interest to socialize and hence I was in a state of isolation.
- 2. Describe how those circumstances impacted your cores work?
These circumstances affected greatly both my social life and life in class. I missed many classes and assignments since most of the times I would be away for a bed rest. I could not concentrate or be able to focus on any class work and this has left me lag behind so much. I was in a very bad psychological condition which was characterized by mental slowness, a state of confusion, decreased contact with people and in a cranky state where I could avoid people and other could also avoid me due to that state of hostility. Even my closest friends had to create a gap between me and them just because I was not easily approached. This affected my social life because I did not go out of my house for a number of weeks.
- 3. What interactions have you had with your instructors regarding these circumstances?
I did not talk to any of my instructors, one of the reasons being that I had a low mental capacity to express myself before the instructors and because I had not yet obtained medical form from the doctor, I could not convince them without it. Secondly, I hardly attended class and therefore could not have ample time to meet with any of them. Additionally, I was not able to do anything regarding class work for instance homework, quizzes, or exams and this made me feel that the instructors would not accept my excuses hence contributing to my failure to inform any of them.
- 4. The university has established deadlines for pursuing courses withdrawals or dropping courses. You can view those on the academic calendar section. Did you utilize any of those options?
I was not in position to follow those dates simply because I have to consult it with my sponsor to let him know before I drop any class or else I might be risking losing my scholarship. When I contacted the social affairs at my sponsor to provide them with my medical report, I did not receive any response before the due date that was established for pursuing courses withdrawals. I decided to drop my classes before deadline for semester withdrawal because I did not want to fail all my classes and drop GAP
