Original Posted By: harvey rule
Subject: Pietenpol-List: FAA MedicalWow Gordon! You covered a lot of angles about keeping your medical thatI had never thought of, but I Only fly for fun, not professionally.If myproblem had started showing up as a "blip" ( like elevated bloodpressure ) on earlier physicals or given me some sort of sign inadvance, I knew about taking a pre physical and might have done somethings differently. Unfortunately my first "red flag' came as I wasdriving home one morning (in the truck) 30 miles north of town. Nohospitals there, so I keep on trucking. If I were flying I could haveeasily landed the plane. Leon S. Ks---Trucker to the end. Even with aheart attack going on, I did all the right "trucker things" I kept onhand on the wheel, one hand on the gear shift, one hand holding my cupof coffee, one hand on the CB. microphone telling others where "smokies"at, and the other hand tuning the radio to my favorite country station.The hard part came when I got to town. The terminal was 2 miles east,and the hospital was 1 mile west. Which way to go? Since I was stillalive after 30 minuets, I made a beeline to the terminal which sets ina bad part of town. I wasn't going to let my pickup set exposed for whoknows how long.I tossed them the keys, told them whats up and drove tothe hospital. Here I am setting at the key board, so the storyobviously had a happy ending. Again, Leon S. in Ks. with a LOT to bethankful for. Yesterday and every day.________________________________________________________________________________Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 10:08:42 -0500