wainscottbl
Well-Known Member
I can't remember what my last member name was but I used to be here. In any case I got about 60 hours towards my PPL and then stopped to take care of some personal matters--mostly looking into the Catholic priesthood and then after I decided I was not called to that school and work came up and I put off getting back into flying.
In 2009 I had a seizure followed by more and was diagnosed with epilepsy. The grand mals happens ever 3-4 months now and I have partial seizures anywhere form daily to twice a week. They are still seizures though they do not involve convulsions like tonic clonic (grand mal) or loss of consciousness. Well with all that there is no chance of passing my physical obviously.
I was lucky enough to have a bunch of partials when I went to see an epitologist (neurologist specialising in seizure disorders). When I first met him I had like five within twenty minutes. He decided to go ahead and admit me to the actual hospital and a part dealing in seizure disorders and they kept me for two days I think, doing a long term EEG the whole time. They were able to look more into my seizures. I'll likely do that again and since my seizures do not seem to be properly controlled with medicine like in most cases there is the option of surgery to remove part of the brain where the seizures begin or at least remove part of the nerve in the brain. If the surgery works and stops the seizures I think, if I go ten years or so without any seizures I can get approved by the FFA to get my private. From what I've read it takes ten years without seizures whatsoever before the medical board or whatever will look into allowing your a special circumstances to fly despite your past epilepsy. There's no hope of flying professionally anymore but I can hope maybe around 40 to get my Private.
Anyone know about flying if seizures are in the past, like assuming the surgery works? Surgery for epileptics is successful about 80% of the time and my neurologist is very good as is the Neuroscience Institute at the University of Kentucky and their hospital. I'm lucky to have found it because now I can get some real experts. The whole time I was there in the hospital getting long term EEG I had doctors and even medical school students coming in. It was strange having a bunch of them taking notes as the doctor asked questions and so forth. Sort of like you see in Gray's Anatomy on TV.
Well, I am back. The closest I get to flying is Flight Simulator and it just isn't the same. I still look up when I hear a plane.
In 2009 I had a seizure followed by more and was diagnosed with epilepsy. The grand mals happens ever 3-4 months now and I have partial seizures anywhere form daily to twice a week. They are still seizures though they do not involve convulsions like tonic clonic (grand mal) or loss of consciousness. Well with all that there is no chance of passing my physical obviously.
I was lucky enough to have a bunch of partials when I went to see an epitologist (neurologist specialising in seizure disorders). When I first met him I had like five within twenty minutes. He decided to go ahead and admit me to the actual hospital and a part dealing in seizure disorders and they kept me for two days I think, doing a long term EEG the whole time. They were able to look more into my seizures. I'll likely do that again and since my seizures do not seem to be properly controlled with medicine like in most cases there is the option of surgery to remove part of the brain where the seizures begin or at least remove part of the nerve in the brain. If the surgery works and stops the seizures I think, if I go ten years or so without any seizures I can get approved by the FFA to get my private. From what I've read it takes ten years without seizures whatsoever before the medical board or whatever will look into allowing your a special circumstances to fly despite your past epilepsy. There's no hope of flying professionally anymore but I can hope maybe around 40 to get my Private.
Anyone know about flying if seizures are in the past, like assuming the surgery works? Surgery for epileptics is successful about 80% of the time and my neurologist is very good as is the Neuroscience Institute at the University of Kentucky and their hospital. I'm lucky to have found it because now I can get some real experts. The whole time I was there in the hospital getting long term EEG I had doctors and even medical school students coming in. It was strange having a bunch of them taking notes as the doctor asked questions and so forth. Sort of like you see in Gray's Anatomy on TV.
Well, I am back. The closest I get to flying is Flight Simulator and it just isn't the same. I still look up when I hear a plane.
