Hello all, I am a UK Class 1 holder (medium jet captain UK based) and I was recently diagnosed with Idiopathic Inflammatory Bowel Disease Unclassified.
Needless to say my class 1 was suspended several months ago and after a successful course of steroids I started to feel unwell again a few days later. I am nowhere near as ill as I was at first but they are now suggesting I go onto Azithiaprene which has some nasty side effects and takes months to work to maintain remission as mesalazine doesn't seem to work for me.
So obviously the first order of business is to get well again but getting into "stable remission on a maintenance dose" is proving tricky and everything takes so long you wonder if you will have a job to go back to if you do get well again!
Any UK class 1 holders (particularly in the airlines) have any experiences of IBD, azithiaprene and getting a class 1 back with IBD?