Sent you a PM in response to the message you sent to me. The actual physical was a joke. You have to do 2 drug tests, alchol test, vision test and give blood. When the doctor sees you he makes you push against his arms and squeeze his hands. They never messured my strength, although when he failed me because I take one shot a day, and according to him the coast guard does not allow that, I wanted to use his head as a punching bag:mad:. That is news to me and also the many friends I have who also take insulin and who also work on ships and who also take a complete coast guard physical every year. The coast guard is concerned with my HbA1c and if I have any complications from my diabetes, but they have never told me I could not work because I take one small shot of insulin each day. Never got the MRI, but that is a no brainer, you just lay there and listen to the noises the machine makes.