Had my medical today...had problems and need advice.(warning...long)

[Goose Egg]

Ahh medicals. I seem to remember my initial 3rd class being a lot tougher than my subsequent 1sts and 2nds.

I don't get white coat syndrome stuff, at least BP wise anyway. Last time I had it checked was at the AMEs, and it was something like 120/70 (Exercising regularly will help that BP and heart rate stay down in pressure situations.)
-Goose

 

[JAFI]

Doug, In your search for answers sometimes it is not so easy to find info on the FAA web site, so I have copied some sites that may assist you. Relax, don’t let the process get you too stressed. I am not a doctor so I can’t comment on your medical condition. Many times AME’s file their report to OK City and OK City issues the medical. Hang in there.



JAFI



FAA web site:

http://www.faa.gov/

Flight Standards web site (the aircraft part of the FAA):

http://www.faa.gov/avr/afs/

FSDO Phone numbers and addresses:

http://www.faa.gov/avr/afs/fsdo/index.cfm

AME Locator:

http://ame.cami.jccbi.gov/

Civil Aeromedical Institute

http://www.cami.jccbi.gov/

 

[Doug]

Ok, just went to see the doc

Got two blood pressure readings

120/70
120/72

I will get a few more done as proof.

I also have an appointment with the for an echocardiogram/doppler to get the murmur thing straightened out.(it is on this coming wednesday)

My doc said that unless he knew what he was listening for, and listened for a while he would have never been able to hear the murmur. He said it is very slight, but now I need to get the test to satisfy the FAA.

So it looks like hopefully I will have all the paperwork done, and to this AME before he sends out the paperwork.

I called him twice, but got answering machine, and told him to hold the paperwork. I understand I have 10 business days to get this straightened out. If he ignores my message /calls and sends it in anyway...do I have some recourse? I understand it will take much longer to get my medical if I do not send in the paperwork with the AME's stuff.

It's at times like this I am really glad I work in the healthcare industry. If I didn't know people it would take me forever to get all this done. And I have been on the other side...it stinks.

 

[darkvw]

Are you sure it was a physical for flying? This sounds like the CDL test, think it's a little more restrictive than a Class 3.

 

[Doug]

Yes it was a physical for flying...the guy even has a news clipping of the plane he crashed back in '73 prominently displayed in the waiting room to show what a great pilot he is. And he kept talking about flying, so I assume he knew what I was there for.

 

[rnobson]

Hey Doug I had just about the same prob for my first class 3 medical. The Doc thot just about every light plane would eventually "come down on a school !! Just going to THAT doc caused my BP to be really high


However after all the specialist stuff which held me up for a month or so I was cleared to fly Now many years later I still have the "white coat" BP problems but I now have an ATP and manage a Class 1 every 6 months

 

[Doug]

As an update, I called the AME about times today and left messages. I even went to the AME's office after work to see if my paperwork was being held or was sent. There was no one there.

I will be sending a letter of complaint to the FAA...i got all the info on where to send it from AOPA.

 

[dmspilot00]

The FAA's medical certificate standards are available in Part 67 of the regulations. You can read them here:

http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=f25132e7a55a90c037d384f768a8a2b8&rgn=div6&view=text&node=14:2.0.1.1.5.4&idno=14

A urine sample is required to check for diabetes. However, there is no excuse for having to lower or remove the pants for any reason. That is rediculous. And from everything else you said, the doctor sounds like a crazed psycho lunatic.

 

[Doug]

The FAA's medical certificate standards are available in Part 67 of the regulations. You can read them here:

http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=f25132e7a55a90c037d384f768a8a2b8&rgn=div6&view=text&node=14:2.0.1.1.5.4&idno=14

A urine sample is required to check for diabetes. However, there is no excuse for having to lower or remove the pants for any reason. That is rediculous. The doctor sounds like a crazed psycho lunatic.

Yeah, I guess he is what you would call "old school"

 

[Snoopy58]

If a flt doc wants to do the prostate exam, you can tell him "no" and that your family doc does that for you each year. The FAA may require it after some age, but I doubt it. (If they do, it's older than I am.) Last time I went to a new AME that's what I said and he said no problem. If it isn't a mandatory part of the exam, no reason to have it done there.