Will a med disqual clip my wings forever?

[HerkEng]

Will a medical disqualification clip my wings forever?

I have been DNIF for 9 months now and I have one more doc to see before they send me up against a MEB. I was planning on getting out and do some more school and get some pilot ratings...
If I get booted from flying in the military, will it clip my wings forever? Is there a chance that I could still be a pilot flying airlines?

what about the guard/reserves?

Its odd when your whole life in an instant looks like it changes forever and the one thing you have ever really wanted to do has gone away.... damn it to hell

any help would be appreciated.
thanks.

[HerkEng]

No one has any thoughts? No one can help? No info at all?

[MDPilot]

Thoughts? Okay, what exactly is the medical problem? Long term or short term? Something the military discovered on a flight physical, or you realized somethng was wrong? Does it permanently limit your physical abilities? In other words, more info is required for someone to make a informed judgement about your particular case.

[mtsu_av8er]

I'd venture to say that if it grounds you on active duty, it'll probably ground you in the guard/reserves.

As far as the airlines, however, I wouldn't be so quick to hang it up. A military flight physical is alot more in depth than an FAA physical.

[HerkEng]

Well the pain started Jan of 2003. I was deployed and thought it was the bad ( very bad) food at Manas and had bad gas. Then I thought it was the bad Cots. I said nothing until I got home and waited for two months, the pain never went away.
I was grounded ( DNIF) because of lack of the ability to get crew rest. I only get the pain when I sleep. It is located in the upper middle back and also I feel it right below my rib cage. It is bad enough to wake me up and once it starts the only thing to ease the pain is to sit up or stand up...laying down just makes it worse. I have seen a GI, had many MRIs taken, seen a couple of neurologists. Taken many pills and nothing has stopped the pain. It is not caused by the intake of fatty foods ( It isn't a gall stone or anything wrong with the bladder from what they all have seen). They did find on my MRIs that there are 3 vertebrae with a much differient color ( they are thinking it is arthritis or the start of deterioration of the vertebrea itself) I also did a sleep test to see if I had Apnia. The flight Docs are sending me to see a rheumatologist here soon...and I feel that this is my last hope. well at least for the military.

Also, I will add..it does not happen every time I lay down.. I would say on the average it happens 4 or 5 times a week.

[flyguy]

Nothing on my back was tested when I got my first class medical. If it wouldn't effect your flying ability, and you don't bring it up, the AME may never even know the problem existed.