jergar999
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HAL said:Yeah, I was in for my medical seven years ago on a short 2-day stint at home. The doc looked at me and said "you've got an inguinal hernia. I can't issue the medical." I could barely feel it, and it didn't affect me in any way, but of course without the medical I couldn't work.
This was during my last two weeks at a commuter before going to training at Hawaiian. So I called the chief pilot to tell him I'd be out for two weeks and scheduled the surgery for a couple days out.
The surgery went fine, and two weeks later the doc cleared me to fly commercial back to PIT to clean out my crash pad, return my manuals, and drive the car back to SEA. Once back home and a couple days from heading to HNL I went to see the surgeon, who cleared my back to full flying status. I went to the AME to pick up my medical, and he offhandedly told me "Oh, by the way, I found out that your type of hernia isn't disqualifying - it has to be causing problems (i.e. intestinal, or pain) before I can't issue the medical."
"What??!!!! was my response. So it cost me my last two weeks at the commuter, and a boatload of pain and concern about being ready to start training at Hawaiian because he didn't know what the he11 he was doing.
So the short answer is (unless medical standards have changed in seven years) it shouldn't affect you unless it is pinching off parts of your intestines, or causing serious pain.
Good luck!
HAL