“Mike Bartholomew had to voluntarily surrender his medical certificate and could no longer fly while he was being treated for lymphoma cancer.”
Mike is an ag pilot from Iowa and had flown 26 straight seasons, until cancer sidelined him for the 2021 season. After beating cancer, it was a grueling 11-month effort to return his 2nd class medical to his wallet.
You can read Jay Calleja’s story about Mike in the Spring 2023 edition of Agricultural Aviation.
If you have health struggles that will impact your medical, this may give you the inspiration you need.
I wish my struggle to obtain again my license to fly after my terrible fight against my cancer will have the same faith as Mike Bartholomew achieved.