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06-18-2007, 11:37 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: logan, UT
Posts: 176
| | | New member of the diabetes club! :(
Hello all! i am 21 years old, male and very new to diabetes. Diagnosed a little less than 2 weeks ago. I knew there was something wrong long before that but was in denial because I KNEW it would end my career and as I saw it at the time that would end ME. You see I am about $20,000 and 2 years into my training to be a pilot. The second someone said diabetes my worst fear was confirmed, a diabetes diagnosis automatically voids your medical certificate all pilots are required to have. I was devastated. My life dream was to be a pilot, I always had looked up and KNEW that was where I was going. Now I must accept the fact that because some sheet of paper somewhere says "diabetic" I will never have the opportunity to follow that dream. I am still struggling with the pain of that thought especially because I really believed that was my life calling and the only chance I had to be successful in life. I hope to find support advice and community here and hope to someday be able to return the help to others on this forum.
Well its time for me to go to work. (Graveyard) *eyeroll* I hope to meet all you in the next little while and maybe gleam some wisdom off of you all. Thank you.
Andrew H.  |
06-19-2007, 12:39 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Federal Way, Wa
Posts: 1,088
| | | Welcome. You have come to the right place. I find new info here daily and hope you will find it as useful as I do.
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A1C's
05/07 = 14, BG = 573
08/07 = 6.1
11/07 = 5.6
05/08 = 5.9
Pump 7/2007
MM522
OneTouch UltraLink http://mortis505.blogspot.com |
06-19-2007, 04:58 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Medford Massachusetts
Posts: 322
| | Welcome Spbeyond to the forums. I'm so sorry to hear that you cannot become a pilot because of being diabetic. That really sucks. Hopefully maybe you can find something else that will interest you just as much that diabetes won't affect. There are a lot of knowlegeable and supportive people here. Good luck...  |
06-19-2007, 05:07 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bethel, Ct
Posts: 75
| | | I have had diabetes for 15 yrs and have had to make many changes in my life. You will find something that will please you. Not in the same way as a pilot. Welcome here. This is the greatest place for support. I have been to many other sites and this is my favorite.
Lynne59 |
06-19-2007, 05:10 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 7,047
| | Sorry about the career thing. That really sucks.
If it makes you feel any better, you may have saved yourself from a long boring career. Who knows. I hope you treat this as an opportunity and carry your skills to new ventures. I'm currently on my 2.5th career and am looking for number 3 soon.
The diabetes thing will take some adjustment, but it's not rocket science. It won't hold you back from 99+% of life. It really boils down to a matching game. Learn the rules, learn the targets, build your safety net, and follow the plan and you'll be fine.
Do you know you look just like Gangrel? Are you his twin? |
06-19-2007, 06:02 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 7,177
| | | Welcome Andrew! Glad you found the forum. Lots of great people hear. I'm sure you're quite devastated right now with all the changes that have taken place in your life in such a short time. I know you'll find lots of support and encouragement here.
Linda
__________________ T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Byetta 5 mcg
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Lower carb dieter (approx. 75 total carbs/day, more on weekends), taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (right after dealing with shingles and bronchitis)  |
06-19-2007, 07:12 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: NC
Posts: 7,261
| | Hi Andrew and Welcome to the club. I know you will find a lot of helpful info and lots of friends. 
__________________  Rest In Peace Jack- 5/1/08. You may be gone from us but you will never be forgotten. Our love goes with you.
Always forgive your enemies. They HATE that!
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06-19-2007, 07:18 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: NJ
Posts: 206
| | | Welcome!! My brother in-law also wanted to be a pilot. He came to the realization that most commerical pilots come from the airforce. And that it woulld be really hard to get a commerical pilot job right out of college - how many REALLY young pilots have you seen when flying? ANyway because he loves flying and planes he changed his major to ....I forgot the title but he now fixes and builds planes! He just graduated and got a job right away. He loves it!! There could be another career out there dealing with planes that you would love just as much!
__________________ Diagnosed 1983
A1C 6.2  |
06-19-2007, 07:49 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 301
| | | Hi Andrew,
Welcome to a great and supportive forum.
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I don't believe in a no-win scenario.
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06-19-2007, 01:35 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: logan, UT
Posts: 176
| | | Thanks for the welcome! By the way yes alot of pilots do come from the air force but its WAY less than it used to be expecially because they now require a 10 year commitment to train you as a pilot and yes it would have been hard but everything good is hard. Boring? no way! I had my eye on a sweet job in the Caribbean flying between the islands on pontoons. SWEEEEETTT... I was in it for the adventure not flying complicated buses in the sky. |
06-19-2007, 01:43 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 7,177
| | | I'm sure you're crushed at not being able to fly....but, you will find something else that will give you equal joy....one thing you can say about life "it goes on," and you will as well. Diabetes doesn't define you, you are still the same person as you were before diagnosis...probably much healthier, too, as diabetes sort of forces you to take better care of yourself. Hang in there! I look forward to hearing about your "Plan-B" and where it takes you.
__________________ T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Byetta 5 mcg
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Lower carb dieter (approx. 75 total carbs/day, more on weekends), taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (right after dealing with shingles and bronchitis) |
06-19-2007, 03:43 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: illinois
Posts: 3,316
| | | hi andrew and welcome!wow-that really sucks that you can't fly..sorry!like some ahve suggested-maybe a career plane-related?hopr to see you here alot.take care,trish |
06-19-2007, 09:11 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cleveland, Oh
Posts: 2,097
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"Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact."
- George Eliot (1819-1880)
Here's my pet, Godzilla  Time to switch to decaf, eh?
Isaiah 32:5 The vile person shall be no more called liberal...
Better to remain silent and assumed a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
-Socrates
A wise man speaks cuz he has something to say, a fool speaks cuz he has to say something.
-Plato
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06-20-2007, 04:32 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bucks County, PA, USA
Posts: 1,065
| | | I believe you can get a pilot's license if you get a clearance letter from an FAA approved doctor. My wife's uncle has been a diabetic for years and has a pilot's license. He used to be a Navy pilot.
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Unless otherwise stated, the opinions expressed here are my own and are in no way intended to be considered as anything other than my opinion. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it. |
06-20-2007, 09:58 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: logan, UT
Posts: 176
| | Its true you can if you are not insulin dependant. And its still very hard. (I am on insulin) But eventually I might have a chance to get my third class medical meaning I could fly small aircraft for fun. Now I just gotta figure out what I am going to do to pay for it |
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