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

[tsky]

Since you have a heart murmur, you will probably need to provide documentation from your doctor that it is innocent. I had a murmer as well, and I had an EKG as well as a heart echo done. However, I only needed to do this once and not on subsequent medcials. If your AME has not sent your paperwork to the feds, and if you have your cardio eval done, he can issue you your medical, but if it's been more than 10 working days since your examination and he has sent your paperwork to the FAA, then you will probably need to provide your cardic eval to the FAA directly. I had a student once who had a heart attack in the past-he had to go through a bunch of hoops to get his medical but he finally did via a special issuance. The key with dealing with the FAA is to be pursistant and not give up, because they really don't want to deny anyone a medical, but they are just slow at processing it.

 

[qmaster3]

DOUG,

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[Doug]

Finally got in touch with the AME office. They have NOT sent my paperwork to the FAA. I told them that I will have all the necessary paperwork this week.

 

[tsky]

That's definately good news that they have not sent your paper work of to the FAA. Try to get them to hold if for you as long as possible, and try to get your stuff to them soon.

 

[Doug]

As an update.

I got 3 BP readings documented, all well within limits. I also got my echocardiogram results which showed that I am in excellent health, Everything looks good, I dropped off the info at the AME, and will see what happens from here.