Bundle Branch Block and Class 1!!!
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well,
have finally been back to the electro-cardiologist and he says that he is quite certain that i don't have wpw! hooray! apparently, my heart just beats a little differently to the norm and this gives it a 'psuedo' wave. (replicates but isn't wpw)
however, he said, given my career aspirations and that this will be picked up in the future, we ought to do a definative study. basically this means undergoing the same procedure that one has for catheter ablation, and he will actually 'look' in my heart. he said that this will prove if i have the condition either way, and that if he finds that i do, he can perform the ablation right then and there, thereby eliminating the condition. well, a very high chance of successfully doing so.
so good news for me all round, except for the fact that i must now wait on a list for this procedure, atleast it's free and my dream only deferred by a few months and all but lost! gives me time to work and recoup the funds spent on the specialists!
so in my experience, which granted isn't loads, anyone out there who is worrying like i was up 'til a few days ago, about having wpw, don't. afterall, worst case scenario is that you do have the condition and you undergo the procedure and have a flying chance of being given the all clear. its that or you don't have it!
the casa ame's handbook notes are in one my previous posts above and outlines the mandatory monitoring of a pilot that has had ablation that had wpw. it is quite reasonable.
also, my ame called me before i had my consultation with the electro-cardiologist and informed me that whilst at a casa ame's seminar recently, he mentioned my circumstance to a casa bloke and was told that an application from me was still well worth it and i still stood a solid chance of being able to fly. and that was before the good news from the electro-cardio dude!
anyway, i'm no doc (as i'm sure is apparent), infact im not even yet a pilot, but it looks like i will be. and i am happy to talk to anyone who is in the same bird as me about my career threatening experience of late!
happy flying, or future gazing in my case, to all! look forward to joining you and checkin' out the view!
cheers
av.ascent
have finally been back to the electro-cardiologist and he says that he is quite certain that i don't have wpw! hooray! apparently, my heart just beats a little differently to the norm and this gives it a 'psuedo' wave. (replicates but isn't wpw)
however, he said, given my career aspirations and that this will be picked up in the future, we ought to do a definative study. basically this means undergoing the same procedure that one has for catheter ablation, and he will actually 'look' in my heart. he said that this will prove if i have the condition either way, and that if he finds that i do, he can perform the ablation right then and there, thereby eliminating the condition. well, a very high chance of successfully doing so.
so good news for me all round, except for the fact that i must now wait on a list for this procedure, atleast it's free and my dream only deferred by a few months and all but lost! gives me time to work and recoup the funds spent on the specialists!
so in my experience, which granted isn't loads, anyone out there who is worrying like i was up 'til a few days ago, about having wpw, don't. afterall, worst case scenario is that you do have the condition and you undergo the procedure and have a flying chance of being given the all clear. its that or you don't have it!
the casa ame's handbook notes are in one my previous posts above and outlines the mandatory monitoring of a pilot that has had ablation that had wpw. it is quite reasonable.
also, my ame called me before i had my consultation with the electro-cardiologist and informed me that whilst at a casa ame's seminar recently, he mentioned my circumstance to a casa bloke and was told that an application from me was still well worth it and i still stood a solid chance of being able to fly. and that was before the good news from the electro-cardio dude!
anyway, i'm no doc (as i'm sure is apparent), infact im not even yet a pilot, but it looks like i will be. and i am happy to talk to anyone who is in the same bird as me about my career threatening experience of late!
happy flying, or future gazing in my case, to all! look forward to joining you and checkin' out the view!
cheers
av.ascent
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WOOO HOOOOO!!
Went to CAA this morning and passed the Class 1!!! Thing is, the ECG didn't even show any problem with my heart no LBBB or RBBB? Looks like my previous AME had either a faulty machine or placed the sensor in the wrong place??
Anyway i can carry on with my training now. Great people down in Gatwick by the way. Mark the technician was very informative and a great chap to chat with. He is looking at doing his PPL soon so best of luck to him if he reads this!!!
Also Paul Thomson, i hope your medical went ok i left before you had finished, great talking to you.
I would like to ask what would anyone would recommend my next port of call being? ATPL Ground school?
Thanks for your help and comments.
Safe Flying!!!!
Went to CAA this morning and passed the Class 1!!! Thing is, the ECG didn't even show any problem with my heart no LBBB or RBBB? Looks like my previous AME had either a faulty machine or placed the sensor in the wrong place??
Anyway i can carry on with my training now. Great people down in Gatwick by the way. Mark the technician was very informative and a great chap to chat with. He is looking at doing his PPL soon so best of luck to him if he reads this!!!
Also Paul Thomson, i hope your medical went ok i left before you had finished, great talking to you.
I would like to ask what would anyone would recommend my next port of call being? ATPL Ground school?
Thanks for your help and comments.
Safe Flying!!!!
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Great news to you.
This bundle branch block thing ... there is one that is called "incomplete" and many doctors don't see it on the ECG trace, or they don't care, because what they are really looking at is the time of the QRS complex (the big spikes on the ECG). The shape of the wave is supposed to be very sharp at the top, but in an incomplete block you will see two "R" waves, very close together (look at the V1 and V2 for right BB and V5 and V6 for left), but the duration of the whole complex is normal (below .12 secs).
Hope I didn't confused you with that. There is nothing wrong with the heart by having these incomplete conduction anomalies (unless, of course, in one who have had a heart attack or coronary disease).
All the best
This bundle branch block thing ... there is one that is called "incomplete" and many doctors don't see it on the ECG trace, or they don't care, because what they are really looking at is the time of the QRS complex (the big spikes on the ECG). The shape of the wave is supposed to be very sharp at the top, but in an incomplete block you will see two "R" waves, very close together (look at the V1 and V2 for right BB and V5 and V6 for left), but the duration of the whole complex is normal (below .12 secs).
Hope I didn't confused you with that. There is nothing wrong with the heart by having these incomplete conduction anomalies (unless, of course, in one who have had a heart attack or coronary disease).
All the best
