Hi all,
I had my medical recently for pilot, and there is an item on my history that got the med tech's attention (bad news). Essentially, I have an increased risk of cancer and should see a doctor once a year, however this condition would take 3-5 years of me not being seen by a doc to even have a chance or becoming an issue, and has no impact on my physical/mental health. I would assume I'm getting a G2 rating which is fine, but what I really want to avoid is being found unfit for service altogether. I do currently have rated 20 year life insurance, so I'm not knocking on death's door and my insurance co doesn't think I'm going to croak in the next 20 years I applied knowing this was going to be a possible issue, fully disclosed it with the med tech, and knew when I hit "apply" that even if I was a rockstar candidate that this could be the kiss of death for my app.
Based on the brief chat with the med tech, his best guess was that this was a 50/50 chance of me being found unfit. I've read about people being enlisted post-cancer (I've never had cancer) and would guess I fit into a similar risk profile of someone that needs to be assessed periodically but wouldn't have an issue being deployed for 6 months + or, worst case, get stranded in some remote part of the world for over a year with zero access to treatment/care.
Like I said, this is nothing that has any impact on my ability to do the job or would put myself/someone in harm's way or shorten my career/life span, or I wouldn't be applying in the first place. Not head/spine/major organ related, so I'm not going to spontaneously grow a brain tumor and have a seizure/black out.
I have a physician letter to get filled out, but I'm wondering if there is anything else I can do to help my case? Full doctor's reports from any diagnostic/treatment activities were recommended, and I was also wondering about including the following in the package I send back:
1) Medical journal excerpts
2) Recent articles on the topic
3) Other international guidance on the topic, e.g. American Medical Association guidance/prognosis
Thoughts?
I had my medical recently for pilot, and there is an item on my history that got the med tech's attention (bad news). Essentially, I have an increased risk of cancer and should see a doctor once a year, however this condition would take 3-5 years of me not being seen by a doc to even have a chance or becoming an issue, and has no impact on my physical/mental health. I would assume I'm getting a G2 rating which is fine, but what I really want to avoid is being found unfit for service altogether. I do currently have rated 20 year life insurance, so I'm not knocking on death's door and my insurance co doesn't think I'm going to croak in the next 20 years I applied knowing this was going to be a possible issue, fully disclosed it with the med tech, and knew when I hit "apply" that even if I was a rockstar candidate that this could be the kiss of death for my app.
Based on the brief chat with the med tech, his best guess was that this was a 50/50 chance of me being found unfit. I've read about people being enlisted post-cancer (I've never had cancer) and would guess I fit into a similar risk profile of someone that needs to be assessed periodically but wouldn't have an issue being deployed for 6 months + or, worst case, get stranded in some remote part of the world for over a year with zero access to treatment/care.
Like I said, this is nothing that has any impact on my ability to do the job or would put myself/someone in harm's way or shorten my career/life span, or I wouldn't be applying in the first place. Not head/spine/major organ related, so I'm not going to spontaneously grow a brain tumor and have a seizure/black out.
I have a physician letter to get filled out, but I'm wondering if there is anything else I can do to help my case? Full doctor's reports from any diagnostic/treatment activities were recommended, and I was also wondering about including the following in the package I send back:
1) Medical journal excerpts
2) Recent articles on the topic
3) Other international guidance on the topic, e.g. American Medical Association guidance/prognosis
Thoughts?