Bill
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And maybe this is just me over reacting and there is really no concern with renewing my medical, but here goes anyway:
My 3rd class is due up in December, and I have a 6 year SI for Glaucoma (this was the first 2 years on the SI). I originally had to fill out all the forms, have all the eye exams performed, defer, and call every week until I recieved my coveted piece of paper.
Included with that was the letter I am to take to my AME, that basically states that he may office issue the next medical provided my condition has not changed. At my last quarterly visit, my Optho told me that my condition has not changed, all fields, pressures, optic nerve cupping, etc., was very stable.
My questions:
1.) I see my optho again the second week of August, is this too soon to have her start completing the forms, pulling records, etc. to prepare for my visit to the AME in December?
2.) Should or can I go before December to the AME to get the medical rolling?
2.) Must I use the same AME I did before? He really did nothing for me except take my stack of Georges and defer, I pretty much worked the thing thru the system and did my own searches on what forms to fill out, reports to send, etc. Dr Bruce and others here were a great help at that time. Also, he is not a pilot, and just doesn't understand.
3.) If I'm free to use another AME, my optho's partner in the practice is an AME, and is a pilot, and he says he'd be happy to do my next medical and help me out. On the flip side, I heard that it is not good to have your AME to closely coupled to your daily care and regular Docs.
I really REALLY don't want to have any downtime waiting for medical issues to be resolved and am willing to do WHAT EVER IT TAKES to make sure it goes through.
Opinions and advice?
Thanks,
Bill Jennings
My 3rd class is due up in December, and I have a 6 year SI for Glaucoma (this was the first 2 years on the SI). I originally had to fill out all the forms, have all the eye exams performed, defer, and call every week until I recieved my coveted piece of paper.
Included with that was the letter I am to take to my AME, that basically states that he may office issue the next medical provided my condition has not changed. At my last quarterly visit, my Optho told me that my condition has not changed, all fields, pressures, optic nerve cupping, etc., was very stable.
My questions:
1.) I see my optho again the second week of August, is this too soon to have her start completing the forms, pulling records, etc. to prepare for my visit to the AME in December?
2.) Should or can I go before December to the AME to get the medical rolling?
2.) Must I use the same AME I did before? He really did nothing for me except take my stack of Georges and defer, I pretty much worked the thing thru the system and did my own searches on what forms to fill out, reports to send, etc. Dr Bruce and others here were a great help at that time. Also, he is not a pilot, and just doesn't understand.
3.) If I'm free to use another AME, my optho's partner in the practice is an AME, and is a pilot, and he says he'd be happy to do my next medical and help me out. On the flip side, I heard that it is not good to have your AME to closely coupled to your daily care and regular Docs.
I really REALLY don't want to have any downtime waiting for medical issues to be resolved and am willing to do WHAT EVER IT TAKES to make sure it goes through.
Opinions and advice?
Thanks,
Bill Jennings
