I am considering having Sinus Surgery to correct a deviated septum and do FESS within the next few months but the timing of the whole thing is not exactly great as I am waiting on service selection and should be graduating in May.
The only real reason I am concerned about the is that I have already done my flight physical through NOMI/NAMI and received all my waivers back from them and BUMED with approval. According to the LT here who handles all Medical issues and physicals I should just go ahead and have the surgery at my earliest convenience and tell them if I get selected when I do my short form down there pre-API. This doesn't exactly sound like the best course of action to me as in the waiver guide it says you need a waiver for this. Mainly I don't want to screw everything up as I told NAMI that I get an occasional Sinus Infection from seasonal allergies and they checked it out and said nothing was out of the ordinary.
Just curious if anyone out there has any info or advice on this situation. And if anyone has had this kind of surgery I would be interested in what the recovery time frame was for you. I have done a search on the subject but I have yet to find someone who had this after they were done with their medical paperwork. Thanks in advance for any help.
The only real reason I am concerned about the is that I have already done my flight physical through NOMI/NAMI and received all my waivers back from them and BUMED with approval. According to the LT here who handles all Medical issues and physicals I should just go ahead and have the surgery at my earliest convenience and tell them if I get selected when I do my short form down there pre-API. This doesn't exactly sound like the best course of action to me as in the waiver guide it says you need a waiver for this. Mainly I don't want to screw everything up as I told NAMI that I get an occasional Sinus Infection from seasonal allergies and they checked it out and said nothing was out of the ordinary.
Just curious if anyone out there has any info or advice on this situation. And if anyone has had this kind of surgery I would be interested in what the recovery time frame was for you. I have done a search on the subject but I have yet to find someone who had this after they were done with their medical paperwork. Thanks in advance for any help.