Medical Help!! Please
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Medical Help!! Please
Has anyone ever been diagnosed with Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome and maintained their Cat. 1 medical? Does anyone take Procainamide for the condition and still maintain their Cat. 1 Medical?
Thanks.
Thanks.
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Sounds like this might be somewhat rare? Try asking over on PPRUNE - a much bigger pilot pool over there.
OTOH, phone your local TC office, and ask to speak to the medico on duty - s/he will be able to answer many questions that you have. I think that their default position is to want you to keep your medical....
OTOH, phone your local TC office, and ask to speak to the medico on duty - s/he will be able to answer many questions that you have. I think that their default position is to want you to keep your medical....
Say, what's that mountain goat doing up here in the mist?
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I think I'm talking urban legend here but don't TC ask first your name and license number before giving any medical's answers !?
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Hi I'm joe blow and am looking to get a CPL...will the above exclude me?
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See that's the difference between me, the honest bloke getting shafted, and someone trying to bypass the system by all meanspaddy wrote:Hi I'm joe blow and am looking to get a CPL...will the above exclude me?

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Google site:tc.gc.ca medical standards
Check first for prohibited medications. If your's is not on the list, likely your condition is acceptable, but keep reading.
Under the Aeronautics Act you are obligated to inform all doctors and optometrists, etc. examining you that you are a pilot.
Check first for prohibited medications. If your's is not on the list, likely your condition is acceptable, but keep reading.
Under the Aeronautics Act you are obligated to inform all doctors and optometrists, etc. examining you that you are a pilot.
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WPW is one of those conditions where in TC's eyes you could just drop dead at any time for no explained reason. They don't want you flying airplanes with this condition so they're not about to give you a medical. You need to be talking to a Cardiologist that TC will defer to, NOT Avcanada in this instance.
Procainamide is used to treat arrhythmias. If you're on this stuff, you're arrhythmia condition you're being treated for, will DSQ your medical. You are an example of why we have an ECG with a medical. The only good news for you is, without the ECG that found your condition you would have gone untreated, and possibly die an early death.
Hopefully it is a misdiagnosis.
Procainamide is used to treat arrhythmias. If you're on this stuff, you're arrhythmia condition you're being treated for, will DSQ your medical. You are an example of why we have an ECG with a medical. The only good news for you is, without the ECG that found your condition you would have gone untreated, and possibly die an early death.
Hopefully it is a misdiagnosis.
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I've seen borderline cases where TC may issue a medical with a limitation of "with or as a first officer". Or they could just stipulate "with another qualified pilot". The case I'm familiar with was with a Kidney Stone, normally a disqualification.
Best wishes
Best wishes
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I just joined this site today after I saw this post.
I am very familiar with WPW and aviation. The syndrom is very treatable by multiple methods. There is a very simple non evasive surgery that can be done which will cure the condition alltogether. There is also medical treatment. I have known a few pilots to have clearance to fly with WPW. I talked with a few of them today and they suggested consulting your AME and they will probably refer you to a cardiologist.
I wish you all the best and take other post with a grain of salt, most of the people on here are not doctors they fly airplanes!
Cheers!
I am very familiar with WPW and aviation. The syndrom is very treatable by multiple methods. There is a very simple non evasive surgery that can be done which will cure the condition alltogether. There is also medical treatment. I have known a few pilots to have clearance to fly with WPW. I talked with a few of them today and they suggested consulting your AME and they will probably refer you to a cardiologist.
I wish you all the best and take other post with a grain of salt, most of the people on here are not doctors they fly airplanes!
Cheers!
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I have WPW and hold a cat 1 wit no limitations. To complicated of a subject to cover here
PM me so we can talk directly.
PM me so we can talk directly.