Yes, go ahead and get the Class 1 FAA medical. Believe me, if you can pass a flight physical (Navy for me), the FAA medical will be a complete joke. I've had docs that didn't even make me read a chart. They just asked if I'd been experiencing any problems with my vision...

Remember, the older you get, the harder it will be to get the INITIAL FAA Class 1... It's much easier to keep the one you have current... The initial medical requires the establishment of a baseline of health.

A "renewal" only needs to look at the past 6 months...