Doug S wrote:

What do y'all think, is it possible, or just a pipe dream?

there are far more qualified people than I on this newsgroup
to answer (e.g., Richard Kaplan) but from the point of view of
a 'end user' with a suboptimal medical background (color blind
and paraplegic) who went through the process (currently holding
a class-II) I'd say go for it (document everything, join AOPA,
get in touch with a good AME, etc.)

HOWEVER, before doing that, you might want to also talk about
a knowledgeable folks (AOPA again) about the option of going
for the sport pilot certificate instead (if I understand correctly,
as long as you have not been denied a medical and hold a driving
license you are fine, but as soon as you have been denied the
medical, then you have to go through the whole thing of getting
waivers and all that);

what do you guys think?

--Sylvain