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Old 21st Mar 2005, 21:07
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bafanguy
 
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NTB,

Glad it turned out so well, so quickly, for you. Had a bout of this problem a couple of years ago and learned a lot more than I wanted to. The first thing I learned is how common it is. As I talked to more people about it, I found MANY who'd had problems.

The second thing I learned is that docs have a very hard time deciding what is causing YOUR trouble due to the wide range of causes, many of which are diagnosed by process of elimination ( think reading tea leaves ). Some causes are merely annoyance while others are career-enders. I came to distrust docs ability to make an accurate diagnosis after seeing several "specialists" with lots of letters after their names. They will, without doubt, make a pronouncement; the accuracy of it is what you have to question.

When all is said and done, if your problem resolved itself so quickly, it was nothing serious and you're fortunate. I know a guy who ended up with Miniere's Disease and lost his career in his prime. In the course of the diagnostic work up, he was told he was "crazy" and sent to a shrink !! Nice, huh ? In the USA with good medical insurance and the world's best (?) medical care system.

Fortunately, my deal worked itself out and I got my medical back. I only put these details up here to advise people with this problem to be careful about accepting a diagnosis without LOTS of research on their own part. Docs just don't understand what this problem means to aviators.
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