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I was just there in April, and we did stay in billeting on "base." I doubt anyone would have a problem with you bringing your fiance because all we did was catch a ride to the hospital in the morning, and get dropped back off at billeting in the evening (around 5-ish). No one supervises you or anything like that. Just realize that if you hit up the River Walk (as I did), you definately don't want to get light up and show up hung over to the medical exams! Not that you would do something like that anyway...!

F16PilotMD, First I'd like to say that I've seen you post a lot of info on this website, and you've offer a HUGE service for guys like me who've been wanting to be a pilot since we were 3! Anyway, I just wanted to know what happens if I take the 5 BP tests in 5 days thing and it's still failing? What are the chances for someone getting a waiver who hasn't actually entered the pipeline yet? And what are the chances of medication helping? Thanks for any additional info you can offer! -RAW

Hey all, I really need some help/info from anyone willing and able. I just took my IFC-1/MFS at Brooks on Monday and Tuesday of this week (11-12 Apr), and the Flight Doc told me that absolutely everything was perfect except my Blood Pressure...so wouldn't you know it, I had to take it a few more times and now I'm all worried about the results. Here are some of my results that they told me: Echo: Normal (no enlargement of the heart walls) EKG: Normal Heart Rate: Normal (68 sitting, 70 standing, 112 after excersize, 80 after excersize) Cholesteral: 151 (Bad:99, Good:52) My BP the first three times were: 140/80 (sitting), 144/82 (standing), and 140/90 (lying down). They made me take it three more times, and the values were 130/80, 140/90, and 130/90. What does all this stuff about my BP really mean with my medical? Is this going to deny me flying status? What's next with the whole process? If anyone out there has any info/advice/insight, I'd really appreciate any information that you could offer. Thanks in advance. -RAW

Of the medications listed above that are approved for use in the AF, are any allowed to be taken before a person commissions?

Hey all, I'm pretty new to this message board, but I've got a question before my FC1 in a few months (Apr 2005). When I got my DoDMERB physical done in 2001, everything came out fine and I was labeled PPQ. Since then, however, every once in a while, I have a slightly high blood pressure reading (over 140/90), and other times I'm right in the middle (very close to 120/70). Is there anything I can do to get a more stable reading along the 120/70 reading, not just for my FC1, but for my long term health and lowering my risk for heart disease later in life? Thanks in advance.