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Update from David Megginson
We never had that as part of the Canadian medical, but I should have guessed from that Seinfeld episode …- Canuck
- Post #36
- Forum: Introductions
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Update from David Megginson
Agreed about the value of PSA for post-treatment monitoring. There have been a few documented cases of prostate-cancer progression without a big rise in PSA, but they're extremely rare, and I don't think any were using the ultra-sensitive test. As long as mine remains undetectable, I think I'm...- Canuck
- Post #31
- Forum: Introductions
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Update from David Megginson
In the US, it really depends on doctor and your insurance provider, from what I've read. Backing off on PSA screening was a CDC recommendation, and some studies since have pointed out the rise in serious prostate cancer cases at first diagnosis in the U.S. since that routine screening stopped...- Canuck
- Post #30
- Forum: Introductions
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Update from David Megginson
No, Transport Canada Civil Aviation Medicine (CAM) told me that I'm unlikely to hold a medical again of any class, not because of the cancer — which they pointedly ignored — but because my emergency spinal decompression surgery (which left me in a hospital bed and then wheelchair for 9 months)...- Canuck
- Post #29
- Forum: Introductions
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Update from David Megginson
Also, if anyone else here on the list is living with cancer, please feel free to DM me. I'm always happy to share experiences, and peer support is a great thing (no one else, even trained professionals, really understands what it's like).- Canuck
- Post #25
- Forum: Introductions
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Update from David Megginson
More on the PSA test. The reason they started recommending against routine screening was overtreatment — too many people were getting excessive interventions like biopsies or even androgen-deprivation therapy (which ain't fun) just because of a slightly-elevated PSA. But that's a problem with...- Canuck
- Post #24
- Forum: Introductions
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Update from David Megginson
That gag hat got good use — my nephew wore it for Halloween that year (along with other appropriate attire to make it clear it was a parody). I think he still has it.- Canuck
- Post #23
- Forum: Introductions
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Update from David Megginson
Hi, everyone. I just wanted to let you know that I'm doing well. I can walk (and even ride a bicycle) again, and I went up with an instructor in a rental Cessna 172 last year to prove (to myself and the instructor, if not Transport Canada) that my spinal injury and long rehab didn't impair my...- Canuck
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- Forum: Introductions
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Looks like Canadian medicals are going to get more complex
For decades Canada has required an ECG after age 39 every 48 months for a category 3 medical and every 12 months for a category 1 medical. What's changed?- Canuck
- Post #9
- Forum: General Piper Discussion
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Former Piper owner
Meanwhile, I've moved OurAirports' social media from Twitter to Instagram, which seems like a better fit. I'll be posting a lot of my old flying photos there. Feel free to pop by. https://www.instagram.com/ourairports/- Canuck
- Post #38
- Forum: Introductions
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Former Piper owner
I have just sent an email to an aviation law firm recommended to me by COPA. I'll set up a consultation, and see if I have any reasonable hope of success in an appeal of Transport Canada's medical ruling.- Canuck
- Post #37
- Forum: Introductions
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Cherokee pulling quite hard to the right
This is the most-obvious thing, since you're experiencing the problem both on the ground and in the air. Make sure your nosewheel is perfectly straight on the ground, and then turn the "rudder trim" wheel (actually a spring on the rudder/nosewheel control) to the left until you find the slack... -
For Sale Garmin GDL 51 for sale
I have a Garmin GDL 51 (SiriusXM receiver) for sale. It's 5 years old, but has no damage. It can display SiriusXM weather in Garmin Pilot or Foreflight via Bluetooth, has built-in AHRS (to display an attitude indicator in one of those apps) and GPS (for iPads that don't have one), and is very...- Canuck
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- Forum: Parts for Sale
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Piper wing spar AD 2020-26-16
My PA-28-161 passed the wing-spar inspection a week ago. Unfortunately, it was part of a prepurchase, so it's not mine any more now, but it's good to know everything was fine. -
Former Piper owner
The ironic thing is that I probably could have just self-declared for the class 4 in Canada, except that I have a history of mild hypertension (well under control for years), which is one of the triggers that requires a signature from a civil aviation medical examiner. The form doesn't ask...- Canuck
- Post #27
- Forum: Introductions
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Former Piper owner
Thank you — I appreciate that. I plan to use up oxygen in this world for a very long time, but C-FBJO has left my life, and if I do regain my medical, I'll probably never be a sole aircraft owner, make long cross-country trips, or fly an approach to minima in low IMC again, so I have some...- Canuck
- Post #21
- Forum: Introductions
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Former Piper owner
It was medical. I'm going to talk to an aviation lawyer referred by COPA to see if there's a chance of appealing for at least a class 4 medical (like BasicMed), but even if there is, I expect a long process, and then I'd probably join a big partnership instead of trying to care for a plane on my...- Canuck
- Post #16
- Forum: Introductions
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Former Piper owner
As of last night, I am officially a former Piper owner. It was a great 20 years. Thank you to all of you on the forum for great discussions, support, and helpful information. I've always invested in the bones of C-FBJO (engine, controls, etc). The new owner — an Air Canada pilot who lives not...- Canuck
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Electric Archer conversion
All good points Other considerations might be lowering operating costs and making initial flight training (say, getting to first solo) more affordable — agreed with everyone that ICE planes will be needed for some of the more-advanced training even in the best case. It's good that some flight...
