Recent content by RedBingo

Yeah, that was a dumb mistake. Never doing that again.

Hey Doc, Im not really looking for a way to avoid reporting. Just looking for an easy way out of this mess. I went to the ENT’s office yesterday and had them give me the notes from that appointment. The nurse practitioner wrote that I was there for sleep apnea, and that I’m intolerant to CPAP...

The AME is going to ask for doctors notes anyway, and that will reveal the prescription.

Hey Doc, I called today and the receptionist said he diagnosed me with Shift Work Sleep Disorder. I didn’t know that was even an actual disorder. So I guess I need to report this, but I don’t even know how to go about getting my medical back afterwards.

When you list visits to health professionals on the 8500, does the FAA pull medical records or call those doctor offices for those visits?

He said he was writing because he said he thinks shift work is affecting my sleep, even though I didn’t go there for sleep problems. So I guess I need to make an appointment with him ASAP and get a note from him, and then report it. Tomorrow is actually 90 days from that appointment date.

Yeah, I get that. But I can show them my pharmacy records that show that I never got refills.

I did see that the 8500 asks which meds you are “currently” taking, but I was worried that if they dig into my medical records for some reason and that that it could be an issue. WingmanMed, your name suggests you’re a flight doctor. Is that the case?

That’s the thing, I don’t have them. I flushed them down the toilet a few days after picking them up. The only thing I can document is that I never picked up any refills. But I wasn’t diagnosed with anything.

Well I guess I’m screwed in that aspect. I flushed them a few days after picking them up.

All the FAA seems to care about is that you’re being treated effectively and that you don’t have any excessive daytime sleepiness. I had 3 sessions with Jason. He’s a cool guy!

Sleep doctors aren’t much help at all after they give you your CPAP. There’s a sleep lab technician with a youtube channel called TheLankyLefty27 with lots of good information. He also does CPAP data therapy sessions via zoom, using Oscar. He can make recommendations to help get those Central...

I went to an ENT for nose issues back in December. He said he didn’t see anything wrong, but this ENT is also a sleep specialist. I told him that I was diagnosed with sleep apnea in 2019 (reported), and that I had jaw surgery in 2021 to correct it (also reported). A sleep study after the surgery...