Bad medical examiner postcript

"Wiz"
I'm still upset at the AME, who pulled the trigger on this based on
almost zero facts

Hey Wiz.. how did he even get a report from your doctor with the mention of
ADD on it, I thought he wanted more info on the BP meds?



Dallas

Dallas:

The protocol for approval if you take blood pressure medication
requires documentation of three normal BP readings in your MD's office
over a period of time. My MD faxed the office notes for that period
with the BP readings on them (guess he could have sent a letter with
the BP readings, but I didn't know he was going to do it that way).
The notation for one day said "BP xxx/xx, ADD, tendonitis (r) wrist."

Wiz
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Dallas wrote:

Hey Wiz.. how did he even get a report from your doctor with the
mention of
ADD on it, I thought he wanted more info on the BP meds?

Dallas

On 22 Dec 2005 10:44:24 -0800, "Wiz" wrote in
.com::


I'm still upset at the AME, who pulled the trigger on this based on
almost zero facts and did not offer any guidance in getting a
determination of whether I was really qualified to fly. However, I
have to hand it to the FAA for making a relatively quick determination
based on the additional information -- I think they deserve credit for
that.

Did the AME violate anything in here?:
http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/...TOKEN=37551028

To see how the FAA expects AMEs to think, peruse the Federal Air
Surgeon's Medical Bulletin:
http://www.faa.gov/library/reports/medical/fasmb/

I found this issue interesting:
http://www.faa.gov/library/reports/m...ia/F2004_3.pdf

Wiz,
I have copied your email as a worthy entrant into my web site's 'Medicals
from Hell'
Next time I re-publish in it goes to join mine and many others of dubious
fame.
Gene Whitt