If you happen following this blog you know that pretty much
my time has been consumed as a caregiver for a senior parent. This pretty much means that I cannot work a
regular fulltime job. And those of you
who fly understand clearly that no money equals no flying. But that is with me, because pretty much it
is an honor to take care of the parent.
I did not renew my medical last year, but I am in the
process of doing that right now. Four
weeks ago I saw my liver transplant doctor after undergoing a colonoscopy two
weeks prior to that appointment. The
results from the colonoscopy were very good, followed up with the appointment,
my regular checkup, and my liver functions are exceptional. Therefore, six years after my liver kidney
transplant my liver is working fine.
Unfortunately, my appointment with my kidney doctor was postponed due to
a scheduling conflict and postponed until the second week in September. Based upon my monthly lab reports from my
blood work, my kidney doctors should give me the same report to turn into the
FAA. My blood lab resents over the past
year have been extremely steady, and over the past three months have actually
been exceptional.
Do two my transplant surgeries the FAA requires me to send
in annual reports from both of my physicians, and annually the FAA will clear
me for another year of flying.
All in all, I really have no worries about my upcoming
medical evaluations. My only concern is
that when these reports go to the FAA somehow they seem to get lost in the
shuffle and I have to wait 3 to 4 months before I get my approval. At the same time, when I called the FAA
months ago on their secret phone number I was advised by one of the staff that
they will expedite with the simple phone request. So I guess there’s nothing to worry about
here.
