Hypoglycemia?
EFIS2 writes:
Regarding the post above --- I am fine as long as I eat every couple
of hours or so. If not, I may start to feel bad. So, I have never
blacked out. If I were to let myself go too long without eating a
snack, I start to feel weak. I never black out though, just feel
terrible. If that were to happen, I could eat something sweet and I
would be pretty much alert again. Although, usually I avoid all sugar
and simple carbs unless i really need them.
The straightforward solution would be to ensure that you always fly with a
suitable supply of glucose or anything else you can use to maintain your blood
glucose. As you well know, nobody suddenly drops to the floor from
hypoglycemia, with no warning, so you'd have plenty of time to munch on
something if you felt symptoms coming on. And actually being incapacitated
would be very unlikely indeed.
I am a little dissapointed with some of the responses given my desire
to fly. P.S, i'm not interested in sport flying.
I am hoping that my condition will improve in the future - I'm working
on trying to reverse this condition. I hope not to have it for life.
Perhaps I will wait until I see an improvement in my situation.
See an endocrinologist, have your condition carefully assessed, and discuss
the options with him. If he feels that you can fly safely (and especially if
he's prepared to put this on paper, which you could pass on to the FAA), why
not go for the license now?
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