Grounded.

Since late last week - around the time of the flight test actually - I've been having sinus problems.  Last weekend was one long energy slump and the last couple of days haven't be great either.  I dragged myself to the doctor yesterday to see what was wrong.  It turns out there's a bad dose of sinusitis doing the rounds and I have it.  The doc, who incidentally is also my Aviation Medical Examiner (AME) prescribed me a ten day course of anti-biotics, a nasal spray and told me to ground myself for the week.

I could do without this.  I really wanted to have the flight retest done by the end of next week.  Before we know it the evenings will be closing in and the weather deteriorating - if that's possible looking back at the summer we had.

Comments

[Charles O'Rourke]

Not that you shouldn't be grounded, but I've always read that your AME and your actual doctor should be two different people, because you have a doctor-patient privilege with your doctor, but the AME is actually a representative of the government when he's doing your medical exam. I personally like to keep the dividing line between the two crystal clear.

Hope you feel better soon.

[USMLE Step 1]

You should take bed rest and drink more fluids or juices to relieve the stress and also flush out toxins in your system.

[USMLE]

Yeah right. plenty of water will help you ease that nasal difficulty. Proper bed rest would help too.