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Like maybe "twenty
twenty-five"? Nawh, if a woman says "twenty something", it means that at best, her 30th birthday is coming up rather soon... "twenty twenty-five" should be interpreted the same way as "twenty three" or "twenty nine". Me, I'm thirty-three. Hex. Jose -- There are more ways to skin a cat than there are cats. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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Grumman-581 wrote:
My philosophy is to not go to doctors unless something is obviously broken (i.e. bone sticking through the skin, etc)... The problem with going to the doctor is that you find out things that you really don't want to know... At one time that was the "manly Marine" thing to do, but do you have grandchildren? If so, you are doing them a great disservice by not going routinely and at least getting your PSA tested regularly for prostate cancer, which has no outward symptoms until it's too late. Famous people who died of prostate cancer that may possibly have been treated had the cancer been caught early enough: http://felix.unife.it/Root/d-Medicin...-cancer-famous -- Peter |
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Mxsmanic wrote:
Emily writes: This wasn't an AME. Then see a doctor who is. I doubt that she will concur with this armchair diagnosis of depression. Better yet, find an AME who is also a psychiatrist, if such exist. This is great advice... IF she's ready to retire. You do not go to your AME for physical problems unless they are truly debilitating, and even then, why bother? If I have a stroke, I'll just quit flying. No need to give an AME $100 just to tell me he can't approve my medical. My best advice is to ignore this "diagnosis" and go find a doctor who will truly investigate the cause of her fever. Don't take any aspirin or Tylenol before you go to see him, either. And stay the hell away from the AME unless you HAVE to see him. -- Mortimer Schnerd, RN mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com |
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Mxsmanic wrote:
Fast forward 14 years and I'm being worked up for some abdominal surgery. The anesthesiologist asks how long has it been since I'd had an EKG? "Quite a while", I replied. So he ordered one and it said I'd probably had a septal wall MI at some point in the past. "How odd", I thought, "you'd think I'd remember having a heart attack". They don't always produce symptoms. Particularly when one has never occurred. All told the false positives cost my insurance company somewhere over $5,000. I didn't feel their pain. -- Mortimer Schnerd, RN mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com |
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If you arent taking antidepressants, nope.
Change docs. NOW. Fire the one you have. He clearly isnt listening to you as a patient. Dave Emily wrote: I've been running a 102 degree fever for the past two weeks and have been so tired I can barely get to work. Finally made a doctor's appointment (with a new doctor) today, but wasn't planning on getting in the same day and had taken Tylenol for the fever...so no fever when I showed up. Long story short, he ordered some blood work, but told me he thinks that I am depressed, since I have fatigue with no fever. He said that if the blood work comes back normal, he's writing it up as depression. Obviously he's an idiot, since 1) fatigue has so many other causes and 2) I don't have depression, never have. This is just a bogus diagnosis. My concern is, if he writes this up in my medical records, do I have to report it to the FAA? I'm really terrified of this. |
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"Jose" wrote in message
.. . "twenty twenty-five" should be interpreted the same way as "twenty three" or "twenty nine". So, for a woman, it means 35, 33, or 39... |
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Emily wrote:
Jon Kraus wrote: Haven't you learned the "life isn't fair lesson" yet? :-) Just keep your mouth shut and quit worrying about it. As long as you aren't taking anti-depressants you don't have anything to worry about. Read the application again. It asked if you've ever had or been diagnosed with the list of problems. A psychiatric diagnosis is a 5-axis (element) diagnosis, in accordance with the DSM-IV that results from a comprehensive interview with a trained mental health professional. Your average doc in the box general practicioner or internist does not have the time, nor inclination, to arrive at this diagnosis from the same perspective as a trained mental health professional (which includes psychiatrists, psychologists and other midlevel providers). Based on your version of events being 100% truthful and accurate, First and foremost.. you need to fire this doc. Now. Select a new practicioner. In a different office/practice/group even if its the same HMO. Go in for a complete physical exam/initial visit and sit and discuss the prior experience with the NEW practicioner, and explain your reason for concern (I'm a pilot) with the old practicioner. Also follow up/get the original problem addressed. Fever and malaise are non-specific, which means MANY things can cause it, none of which are smoking guns.. Bacterial infections, viral infections, Auto-immune disorders.. Get checked for mono. A sed rate (a type of lab test) can also show the presence of immune system stimulation/chronic inflammation (its another non-specific indicator, but says SOMETHING is up, just not what) It goes without saying to be reasonable, measured and objective in discussing the situation/previous practitioner. As for disclosure on your next medical: You aren't taking antidepressants.. and you aren't under the clinical care of a mental health professional.. and you have not had a psychiatric diagnosis rendered by a QUALIFIED mental health professional.. so vote your conscience there. If you disclose, you WILL have hoops to jump through, including the likelihood of a mandated visit to a psych MD, and likely have a deferred medical in the interim. Dave RN and other stuff. |
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Yes. Do everything possible, legal or not, to avert the FAA medical
"requirements," which I have argued are a joke and this thread provides some nice evidence that the pilot community agrees. Like with all else GA-related, obey only those regulations you happen to agree with. |
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"I SWEAR I had you kill filed...."
Maybe the fever caused the confusion.... |
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So can some retired naval aviators I know personally.....
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