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
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?