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If this duplicates an earlier note, I apologize. Technology and I don’t always get along. I just found my CPAP is on the recall list, but I think I’ll keep using it as I’ve never used any of the referenced cleaning solutions. It’s now about 8 years old and I was not aware (as referenced above)...

I rusted for 30 years. Just got a special issuance medical and will book a “first” flight for my 70th birthday in September 2019. After that, an AOPA rusty pilot seminar in early November, then a slow and steady series of dual flights to get re-acclimated, learn the new technology, relearn...

I just got my third class SI after a 10-month process, of which 6 weeks was the government shutdown. The FAA got my paperwork in mid- to late-October 2018. I heard back at the end of February they wanted more paperwork from my alcohol rehab place. I sent it in almost immediately. At the end of...

I've been asked by OKC to send them additional records on an outpatient alcohol rehab stint I did 12 years ago. I have gathered all records from the rehab joint (turns out first time they only gave me partial records), and I'm ready to send them off. The FAA already has a letter from my case...

Thanks. I am doing just that in a personal statement to accompany my 2-plus inch book of records, and having my doctor note the issue in his letter that will go into the book tomorrow. If it works, great, if not, I can either take another stab at it a bit later, or watch wistfully from the fence...

Thanks, Dr. Chien, for that aeromedical officer view of the situation. You’re not the bearer of bad news, just facts. Even with the ability to fly LSA, I have no desire to do that if I can’t meet the standards. I do have apnea and use a CPAP, but no depression or cognition issues (at least that...

To respond, the diagnosis insomnia is contained in hospital records because I asked for a sleep aid or reported taking them. I see my doctor tomorrow morning and will get some clarity from him on what he considers the diagnosis to be. I generally fall asleep without trouble. I sometimes have...

Question: In being 110 percent focused on getting all paperwork and letters to back up a 2-inch binder of material on Apnea, AFib and Alcoholism, I correctly noted all my medications, including melatonin and occasional use of Sonata, a sleep agent that metabolizes quickly. And i discussed those...

Oops. I apologize. I forgot to say the ablation was 16 months ago, so no recurrence since.

Thanks to all. I have done a boatload of homework. I have: all AFib-related hospitalization records , hospital and electrophysiologists records of ablation, follow-up visit notes with EP and his NP, Holter, ECG, and letter from general cardiologist to whom I was released after ablation. Holter —...

Is it under the have you had heart “trouble” area, or is it in the general medical information area? This is Afib fixed by ablation 16 months ago. No recurrence, Holter monitor and ECG to confirm. If I pull the trigger on the application tomorrow or the next day, the Holter test will be within...

The CPAP is the least of my worries. I’m 11+ years sober (no DUIs or other things), had now-repaired atrial fibrillation, take allergy shots, and have been seeing a pulmonary guy for minor issues. I will have letters from three specialists and two other doctors saying I’m fit. Yes, I believe...

Interesting topic. I got my CPAP in 8/2013, but in February, when I decided to get back into flying after nearly 30 years, I found I had failed to reseat the data card after taking off the cell phone device that was sending data to the provider in 2013. I got guidance I needed a year, but was...

Thanks. I am aware of that. I am not eligible for Basic Med as I flew up until the early ‘90s but have not had a medical since. I have gone in and looked at the FAA questionnaire and it is not as daunting as I thought. I quit taking medications they don’t like months ago in preparation for...

I thank both Rushie and Half Fast for your observations. Day VFR is all I want. Sounds like good advice. The AME I was planning to go to is a HIMS person and I would suspect has experience at this, but I will definitely consider this gent outside Chicago. I’m in the DC area but an overnight to...

I’ve read a boatload on the subject, but it is not clear to me if I will have to go the HIMS/testing/psychiatrist/neuropsychologist route. I have no fewer than 4 or 5 issues that require an SI, having not flown in over 25 years and wanting to go back to it at age 69. Most are easy and I am...