On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:36:28 -0700, C J Campbell
wrote:

It appears that I am having a little bit of trouble with my heart. It
came on rather suddenly, as an EKG last December showed no problem at
all. But apparently I have developed something called an atrial
fibrillation. It doesn't look good for my flying status, but we shall
see.

If you're otherwise healthy, odds are that it will be controllable (drug
therapy) or correctable (some reversible cause; conversion; or a procedure
called ablation) and that you'll be able to fly.

How long you won't be able to fly depends on too much information to glean
here.

But, when I was in practice, I had a number of patients who had atrial
fibrillation who qualified for 2nd and 3rd class Medicals. I don't know
about 1st class Medicals -- but that's only because I did not see anyone
for whom that was an issue.

You will be best off having this treated by a Cardiologist and, if you can
find one who is also a pilot, that would be ideal.
--ron