medical

One thing I've become increasingly curious about is how pilots think about the financial side of medical certification. Most spend a tremendous amount of time protecting and maintaining their medical, but I wonder how many have thought through what would happen financially if they couldn't fly...

Hi all, I have my medical appointment for my first Class 3 medical tomorrow morning. Last year, I had a benign growth (pyogenic granuloma, basically just an inflammatory lesion) removed from my lower eyelid. It was a 5 minute procedure in the ophthalmologist's office and was such a non-event...

Good evening, I am wanting to get my class 2 medical from the FAA. I have been diagnosed with the conditions named on the thread, only one Dr has heard my murmur, and I get a DoD flight physical yearly, they haven't heard it since. I was just curious what hoops I will need to jump through to...

Good Afternoon, I am 24 years old. I am currently working on my PPL with low hours so far. I am concerned about obtaining a third class medical. I had a DUI in late May of 2021. I blew a .12, careless driving, speeding, and possession of fake id. I used to take adderall which I stopped taking...

Hi All, I’m going to try to sum this up the best I can but it’s been quite a mess. Prior to applying for my class 3 I contacted an AME and discussed the fact that I was on 2 SSRIs concurrently. The diagnosis codes are general anxiety disorder and Depressive Disorder - Single Episode. Both of...

Hello, I did a no-no and was charged with Minor in Possession last week, a alcohol related charge. I filed a DPA with the state of Florida and am getting the charges dropped for a fine, and a 90 day period of no getting in trouble. A DPA is NOT a conviction, nor an admission of guilt. As this...

Hello! First time posting on here for me. I am currently in the process of waiting for my first class medical via the ADHD standard track. This is my first time applying for a medical. I've heard horror stories of it being 8+ months up to YEARS of people just sitting in the system waiting to...

Im getting ready for my commercial checkride oral exam and wanted to clarify something about basicmed. Im pretty sure the answer is yes but I want to double check. Say your third class medical expired last month. Before you do any other flights after that, you go and meet the requirements of...

I had a discovery flight last year and was thinking to enroll at flight school. In Dec 2023 I had a mild head injury, brain bleed, multiple skull fractures. Now that I have recovered well, I took another discovery flight to see if I have any motion sickness. I was fine. Other than tinnitus...

Hello everyone, I am new to the forum. I am currently a private pilot at a collegiate part 141 flight school and am very close to receiving my instrument rating. I had a few questions regarding a medical incident and subsequent ER visit I had. Back in October, I had an incident where I...

Hey all, Hope this finds all of you folks well. Anyhow, I’m sort of curious about the backlog of the FAA. Frankly I’ve heard it all (10 weeks - 200 days) as far as the ranges go for review. But foremost I should provide some detail, I’m following SSRI pathway 1 due to some situational anxiety...

A little dramatic in the title, but after hearing my story you might understand. I am a pilot in the military and in 2018 I reported to medical with some issues. I was told nothing was wrong and sent on my way. This occurred every 4-6 months until 2020 when I was diagnosed with depression. I...

Hello, I’m new to the forums here. Looking forward to learning and interacting with everyone. I currently fly under Basic Med. I know it restricts operations above 18,000MSL. My dream is to be able to fly into the flight levels one day. In your opinions, is there a possibility that Basic Med...

Hello. Does anyone here know any AMEs that are friendly/accepting of transgender individuals? Ideally in Arizona but if not in Arizona than anywhere else in America is fine.

Im on suboxone and drug clean for about a year, im also an wellbutrin for depression. Ive heard of HIMS but i dont want to go in thinking i'll pass and than fail it because i assume that would not allow me to continue until ive been off suboxone for a certain number of months or something of...

Good afternoon all, My oldest son was accepted to a pilot school, however we are still waiting on the FAA MedXPress approval to come through. We have been waiting since 8-9-22. He has been calling at least twice a week to follow up and is just told they are busy and it is taking longer than...

Pilots of America, I am new here and am able to help answer questions about FAA medical certification. I'm a military pilot and ATP/CFII that is also a board certified Aerospace Medicine physician and HIMS qualified senior AME.

After 4 and 1/2 months my medical went to "Final Review" (Type 2 on insulin and I meet and far exceed all the numbers the FAA wants this should be easy hahaha but its the government) How long have others been in final review? Days? Weeks? Trying to get some estimate. Thanks!

So to summarize my main concern, I am wondering what to do moving towards my first medical exam. I am working towards my private and have to start worrying about my medical, the only issue being that I was hospitalized for ingesting psychedelic mushrooms around a year ago. I have never had a...

I need some guidance on what I can do from here.... I started flight training over 14 years ago and had already passed medical then but due to certain circumstances, I stopped pursuing obtaining my pilots license at that time. Fast forward to now, I am trying to finish up my flight training and...