Alcohol & Class 1 medical
 

Hey everyone! Hope this doesn't seem like such a silly thread. I've got my class 1 medical in about 3 weeks. I'm generally pretty fit & healthy. However, I have been at university and obviously I've been living a bit of the 'student life' consuming a bit too much alcohol on some nights!

I've not had anything for a few weeks though as I'm worried that it might affect my medical? What do you guys think??

If that would be a problem, 95% of all class one medicals would never have been issued.

At aged 19, it's very unlikely that alcohol use would affect your medical, unless you turned up on the day p*ssed.

And obviously you never stray outside the govt recommended limits .... and of course maintain several alcohol-free days per week...

I remember being young as you and drank grog like nobody's
business. Nowadays there's a hell of a hangover price to pay.

Here's an old trick I've always used before any dreaded Class I
Medical -

3 days before -
Stop boozing.
Eat normal but avoid pizzas cake and other ****.
Drink water in between coffees/teas/cokes/whatever.

2 days before -
No booze
Bowl of raw oats with blueberries for brekky - with hot water
no milk (your remaining 2 meals of the day will be rabbit food).
Have only one coffee/tea etc and drink lots more water.
Shag enough tonight so that you won't need any till after the
medical.

1 Day before -
Same as day before but cut out all coffee etc and drink lots of
water all bloody day.
Very early rabbit food dinner.
No shagging. Not even a matinee session.

Just before bed -
Guzzle 10 gallons of water - as much as you can hold.
No shagging. No DIY activity neither.

Medical Morning -
Guzzle another 10 gallons of water first thing on waking up
and immediately take a good piss in the bathroom.
Take a huge dump but don't force it.
No brekky.
Don't bar up as the proteins in pre ejac fluid can affect the
urine test to a small degree. If you (being young) have a
"morning glory" then try to pee it out using that bathroom
piss I mentioned a few lines above.

At the medical -
Yes you fasted for 12 hours (you've actually fasted for 15)
Yes you've drunk no fluids (who's gonna prove otherwise?)
Catch only your midstream piss in the urine sample bottle
not the first or last dribbles.

I'm a 51yo Aussie drunk so I know what I'm talking about. :)

I agree with gingernut though - age is on your side and you
might only fail if you roll up pissed out of your skull. But the
above is tried n true and has kept me passing ever since me
and Pontius done our first solos. I got into this habit about
your vintage.

My dad told me DIY could make you go blind.

I've reached a compromise-doing it a little bit and wearing glasses.

Probably explains why an ophthalmologist looks at one
sideways if he notes a decrease in one's visual acuity...

To PMers -

- yep you can have cranberries iso bluebs. Dunno which is
healthier but crans and bluebs are both ok.

Also don't overdo the oats - too much does no good - 1 dry
cupful is plenty.

<<I'm a 51yo Aussie drunk>>

During one of my medicals as the doc was poking around he said "You must be a controller' most pilots of your age have livers down to their knees!"