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Florida wannabe
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Was diagnosed as Type 2 with hands and feet tingling and feet numbness in the toes and ball of feet.
Was prescribed Metformin and Januvia over a year ago.
Read where those meds were OK, and ever since I started taking them the A1C had been checked every 90 days and been 6.3-6.5. So A1C well in check with meds.
I was also prescribed gabapentin for the feet tingling, so I have been taking it for probably a year with no side effects at all, But that particular med is no bueno with the FAA.
I probably can stop taking it since it is only for the tingling sensation and he said "take these, they MAY help.
I asked my primary if i was safe to get my PPL physically, and he said yes, but I am 99% sure the diagnosis of neuropathy is my medical records as a diagnosis for feet tingling and numbness, and he is no FAA cert doctor.
My question is..... if the words NEUROPATHY is in my records, is it a lost cause to get a PPL and maybe just go for LSA or gyro? I still walk, run fine, can feel my feet and everything, just a burning sensation/numb feeling, like i have been sitting on them for a while.
I have been looking at the Van's RV-9A and 12's, but would like to be able to take 4 occasionally, thats why I was going for the PPL but I have also thought about the tandem gyroplanes (AR-1), they look fun, LOL.
I have not even started a pilot course yet, just been reading all the FAA online books and stuff.
Was prescribed Metformin and Januvia over a year ago.
Read where those meds were OK, and ever since I started taking them the A1C had been checked every 90 days and been 6.3-6.5. So A1C well in check with meds.
I was also prescribed gabapentin for the feet tingling, so I have been taking it for probably a year with no side effects at all, But that particular med is no bueno with the FAA.
I probably can stop taking it since it is only for the tingling sensation and he said "take these, they MAY help.
I asked my primary if i was safe to get my PPL physically, and he said yes, but I am 99% sure the diagnosis of neuropathy is my medical records as a diagnosis for feet tingling and numbness, and he is no FAA cert doctor.
My question is..... if the words NEUROPATHY is in my records, is it a lost cause to get a PPL and maybe just go for LSA or gyro? I still walk, run fine, can feel my feet and everything, just a burning sensation/numb feeling, like i have been sitting on them for a while.
I have been looking at the Van's RV-9A and 12's, but would like to be able to take 4 occasionally, thats why I was going for the PPL but I have also thought about the tandem gyroplanes (AR-1), they look fun, LOL.
I have not even started a pilot course yet, just been reading all the FAA online books and stuff.