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So my Special Issuance renewal finally went through and I noticed that it now says: MUST USE CORRECTIVE LENS(ES) TO MEET VISION STANDARDS AT ALL REQUIRED DISTANCES. Now this isn't a big deal because I do have glasses although I don't use them for anything other than watching TV and at work on...

Other than the obvious of not being able to fly solo after my special issuance expires (and without Basic Med) are there any sorts of paperwork hoops I'm going to have to jump through to get a new special issuance sent out to me? I had planned on going Basic Med after 2 years and 1 SI renewal...

Quick question for the group. Does anyone have any recent experience on getting their renewal for their SI? My current one expires on the 31st and I have to get my CPAP status recertification sent in and the doctor will not be in the office until Monday of next week. Are they quicker about...

Does anyone know about how far in advance I need to submit my paperwork for my special issuance to be renewed? I have to submit a status letter from my physician stating my anxiety is still well controlled (without any medication) and I need to submit my CPAP data along with the sleep apnea...

So I'm 35.2 hours in and it seems that my CFI (who is affiliated with the flight school I go to) is getting busier and busier during the time I'm actually available to fly and it seems to have put me to where I'm only able to fly with him once a week at best and more often than not once every...

So my SI letter and Medical certificate came in the mail today and I noticed something, well I noticed the lack of something that brings me here. So the issues that affected my certification were ADHD (adderall script) generalized anxeity disorder (xanax script) and sleep apnea and to a lesser...

So I posted something about this in a previous thread but figured i'd post it here so people could easily see it. Today when I logged into MedExpress it said I had been issued my medial (good until the end of March 2023 and I assume that is because it's a SI for the sleep apnea) So here is a...

So does anyone know how long things actually take once an application goes to final review in MedExpress. I've been checking it periodically once I had all my paperwork sent in by the AME and it's consistently just had Transmitted underlined and every time I'd call OKC they'd just tell me it was...

So I've posted here from time to time about my medical journey and I've seen some mention about this topic but haven't really seen a detailed description of it. Does anyone know the process once your files have been scanned into the system. In my case the neuropsychologist I had seen for the...

Well the good news for me is that my AME has now sent all of my paperwork into the FAA for review. This includes my neuropsychological / cogscreen, sleep study, initial status paperwork, cpap download etc.. and a letter from my doctor stating what blood pressure medication i'm on (including the...

So I've been checking off the boxes for the FAA and I'm down to the last checkbox (for now and hopefully period) and I've had my sleep study and it confirmed what I already knew that I do indeed have sleep apnea and I've already been on treatment now for 11 nights. I'm looking over the FAA OSA...

So I received a copy of my FAA neuropsychological evaluation that I completed back in April and it appears that I should be good to go on that front. In the interest of not boring everyone with the scoring data I have attached the conclusion by the pyschologist and fingers crossed the FAA will...

So let me preface what I'm going to post here by saying I am currently working with a HIMS AME to address a prior deferral / denial and I did a consult with him before I did an exam. I went into the exam knowing it would be deferred but I wanted to get going on the right track. Now I'll explain...

So I'm going through the process of having some things resolved so I can hopefully get a SI on a 3rd class (adhd meds in past so i had to complete the neuropsychological exam and i have to get a sleep study for sleep apnea) and I called the FAA to make sure they actually received the request for...

So I've done some searching and read over the documents on the FAA website but maybe someone else has experience with this topic. So I'm going through the process of ultimately obtaining an SI (which I suppose would be tied to sleep apena and not adhd - I just completed the required...

So I posted here a while back about this and wanted to briefly share my experience with the testing I had to do as a result of being prescribed adderall. First I wound up having to travel to the south side of Houston, TX for the exam but that wasn't really a big deal (about a 4 hour drive total...

So i'm going through the process of obtaining a 3rd class medical (2nd attempt) Back in 2013 I was deferred and ultimately denied then after i wrote them they sent the letter of what I needed to do but at that point I scrubbed the whole thing and just moved on with my life. Well fast forward 9...