Medical for childhood cancer survivor
Hi everyone,
Finally at the age of 32 I've decided to try and realize a lifelong dream of learning to fly, starting with a PPL. I'll do mine in Spain for a variety of reasons and will likely do the medical here too. I'll start with a Class 2 as that's the one needed for the ppl.
I grew up in Russia where I'm originally from. Back in 1992, at the age of 4, I was diagnosed with a neuroblastoma, one of the common cancers in children. It was treated in Zurich with a surgery and 2 rounds of chemo back then and I've been in a complete remission ever since. I don't have any adverse effects from the treatment - you wouldn't even ever know I've had it if there wasn't a scar from the surgery.
For the first few years I had regular follow up scans etc, gradually becoming less frequent until 2002 or so when I was told I don't need those anymore as there is no progression for such a long time.
I was wondering how does it play out at the medical with regards to documentation. I've read the manual and I don't think it should preclude me from flying, but they do say for Class 2 the decision is to be made in consultation with an AME specialist (for Class 1 they say a referral is required).
I don't really have a GP or a "family doctor". I've got the clinic in Moscow where I was doing follow ups back then to write a letter describing the illness, the treatment taken, any follow ups, prognosis and lack of adverse effects - so I'll get this translated to English/Spanish.
Anything else I should be aware of? It's just been so long ago that even digging up the documentation isn't easy, but I'd like to prepare as good as I can.
I'd be grateful for any thoughts/experiences on this.
Thanks so much!