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Anon
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I found other Ocular Migraine posts but my single event didn’t fit into the other cases I found time wise which is why I’m writing.
21 months ago I had this vertical stripe of rainbow appear in my vision. No blind spots which was good cause I had to drive myself to my Optometrist. When I got there my vision had already returned to normal, she called the event an Ocular Migraine, and sent me on my way giving me no reason for additional concern, nor meds, or anything.
Back then I was working on ratings so I wasn’t flying without another pilot, and to date its turned out to be a one off event that my regular docs and I carry no health concern over. I hadn’t given it much thought until I started to look at getting a second class medical to find out that I’m poised to have a problem should I go to an AME. I got some advice that I’ll need to submit a neurological evaluation that from what I know about it is pricy. I also got a suggestion to go with BasicMed so I talked to my primary doc, and she was ok with that idea. I wouldn’t be able to get a job flying under BasicMed, but it would buy me time.
I thought about scheduling a consult with my AME but I’ve only seen him once before, so I wanted to ask here first to help set my probable expectations as I try to figure out what to do.
Thanks.
21 months ago I had this vertical stripe of rainbow appear in my vision. No blind spots which was good cause I had to drive myself to my Optometrist. When I got there my vision had already returned to normal, she called the event an Ocular Migraine, and sent me on my way giving me no reason for additional concern, nor meds, or anything.
Back then I was working on ratings so I wasn’t flying without another pilot, and to date its turned out to be a one off event that my regular docs and I carry no health concern over. I hadn’t given it much thought until I started to look at getting a second class medical to find out that I’m poised to have a problem should I go to an AME. I got some advice that I’ll need to submit a neurological evaluation that from what I know about it is pricy. I also got a suggestion to go with BasicMed so I talked to my primary doc, and she was ok with that idea. I wouldn’t be able to get a job flying under BasicMed, but it would buy me time.
I thought about scheduling a consult with my AME but I’ve only seen him once before, so I wanted to ask here first to help set my probable expectations as I try to figure out what to do.
Thanks.