Years after being grounded due to being diagnosed with Glomularonephritus (kidney disease), I am trying to get back in the game, but running into a brick wall. The Kidney disease that terminated my enlisted aviation career in the Air Force six years ago, has now gone into remission. The Air Force Flight Docs won't give me the time of day anymore, because I "was diagnosed with a Kidney disease at one time".

As I near the end of my Air Force career I would love to get back into aviation in the civilian sector (pilot or any other position). Does anyone know if Civilian Flight Docs are as anal as the AF about a diagnosis of something that doesn't have any current negative physical health concerns, but if there were the onset would be extremely gradual, over a very long period of time (years)?