Baker's cyst & flying
Help - I'm a PPL student heading over to SA on Friday for 3 weeks training but I've got a major problem with cysts in both knees - right worse than left. MRI done recently but results not in yet - so now I need to know.... 1) What are the chances of a cyst rupturing with the pressure on the longhaul flight and 2) would admission of these cause me any problems with my medical to be taken on Monday coming??? If I can't get them settled before I leave my only option will be to do as I had to out there last year and get them injected by the local GP - means 3 days grounding but better than the 2 weeks I'll otherwise have if one or both rupture. They're not so much a problem during training other than for rudder use, but I can cope with that for short durations - intending on getting braces on to them as soon as I get them down enough to do so safely.
Any suggestions as to what else I could do for the longhaul flight though would be welcome.
Thanks as ever
TR