James331
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No, they were in the AME's office.
I don't think my AME even has gowns.
Does your AME wear a full on white coat around the office too?
No, they were in the AME's office.
This has happened at a number of different AME offices. I have been getting yearly EKGs for a long time.I don't think my AME even has gowns.
Does your AME wear a full on white coat around the office too?
I was checking to see if a doctor would defer me based on that. Yes, it's an unusual thing that I did, but it was only with this one girl. I haven't really done it at all since then.
This has happened at a number of different AME offices. I have been getting yearly EKGs for a long time.
Besides, how do you know whether the office has gowns or not if you haven't had an EKG there.
So your AME is skipping over at least questions 39 and 44.No, I just have never had have a busy body AME, I've also never dropped my pants for a AME, or any of the other weird (slightly homo erotic) stuff I've read here that some of your AMEs are doing.
It's really a simple physical unless someone doesn't want it to be.
I don't think my AME even has gowns.
Does your AME wear a full on white coat around the office too?
So your AME is skipping over at least questions 39 and 44.
Have you ever looked at the back of the 8500 form to see what the FAA expects?
And, there is nothing simple about it when it comes to things that might indicate to the FAA that there is a possibility mental issue - such as self inflicted cutting.
Dear O.P.
You have gotten all the advice you are going to get here - some people suggest hiding it. Others suggest finding out what will be involved before you commit to an FAA medical. Could you let us know what the outcome was once you do get this sorted out to help the next guy down the line.
Considering the importance of a thumb, you may as well just send yer cert to OKC and take that Walmart job.
Speaking of mental issues
.....some people just like to find problems where there are none.
I once cut my thumb with a razor knife while I was working on my house... But maybe subconsciously....I'll get right on the phone to OKC and self ground myself right now
Probably should call a lawyer too because I didn't declare that scar on my last medical too
Well, have you or have you not done it since then? Your choice of words leaves me wondering. Despite all the wishful thinking to the contrary here, I think you fully comprehend that there exists a real chance you'll be deferred.
Cutting is going to be viewed dimly, and you've already stated your scars may be interpreted that way despite your tale of deviant sex. I don't know of any AME in Ohio I would trust for something complex like this - so I can only recommend Dr. Chien, with whom I have personal experience. But you had better have your story straight and you'd better be honest with him, this is your future you are talking about after all.
However, they have added up a considerable amount of scars, maybe around 50 lines that are parallel to each other. I'm not going to lie to my AME, but if I wanted to use an "accident excuse," I don't know of anything that can put 50 parallel lines on a person's arm close together and in extremely thin lines.
Can they be inked over?
I haven't done it sense then, and all the scars are about five years old. I've heard about Dr. Chien, but he's all the way out in Illinois. I'm not going to lie to my AME because I want to make a job out of this. I don't want to constantly go back to an AME every year and worry about them finding out that I lied on my medical form. The first hurdle is going to be the hardest. After that, they become "previously reported."
It wouldn't surprise me in the least. But we all know that if the FAA starts digging, the sticking point isn't what IS, but what can be DOCUMENTED.Frankly I'd say this guy is probably more stable than all the people who put SOO much effort into being "normal".
You could also tell him they were part of an unfortunate weed whacker accident.
It wouldn't surprise me in the least. But we all know that if the FAA starts digging, the sticking point isn't what IS, but what can be DOCUMENTED.
Hypochondria by proxy, someone called it. Personally I think that's putting it mildly.
And that's why I wouldn't give them any thing to dig into.
Wouldn't say a thing, if someone asks, which they won't, cut my arm as a kid on a window.
Done and done.
Of course it wouldn't fly. You just don't know for sure that the AME won't ask, and not knowing is a bad strategy to go into an exam with. It's written on his body, if the AME does ask, there is no guarantee he will accept what the OP has said is the truth. If he doesn't, OP is in deferral hell.From the sounds of it he has far too much, as well as patterned, scarring for that to fly.
It's a cultural thing.
Sure - it was a hazing ceremony.Right-of-passage. Yeah, that's it, that's the ticket...
Sorry for double posting, but I have tried to create an account to access the AOPA forums. It'll let me put my information in and everything, but every time I try to access the member forums, it asks me to verify my username and password. Despite the fact that I put those in correctly, it denies me access. So I don't know what's up with the AOPA website. :c
Illinois isn't THAT far, but Michigan isn't far at all and Drs. Gordon and Pinnell are both very good. There are probably other good ones either in Ohio or in PA or IN.