Roadside Medical, Sleep Pointe to Create National Sleep Lab Network for Truckers
3/9/09

Yeah right . Drivers are going to volunteer for studies that could result in restrictions being placed on them . This is Pilot and Sleep Pointe LLC setting up money making facilities that will make it easier to mandate this testing .

if it is determined you have sleep apnea it is a law that they must notify the dot and you will be disqualified untill you get a sleep study and proof you are recieving treatment

112 .. are you sure about that notification?

My understanding is that if you get a sleep apnea test and test positive the doctor can not notify anyone unless you authorize them. This is covered under the Health Information Privacy and Portability Act (HIPPA).

Now, you are obligated to notify the medical examiner that gives you your next DOT physical if you have a positive diagnosis for sleep apnea.

There are issues if you are a company driver about notifying your company but that would be company policy not a DOT issue.

I have sleep apnea. When I tested positive the lab did NOT tell anyone. I told my carrier about it to get routed back home to get a second sleep study and CPAP for treating the apnea.

IF you even THINK you have sleep apnea. Do not let the concerns about what it will do to your DOT medical card stop you from getting tested or screened.

IF you are worried about the sleep lab notifying anyone about the results of your test use a medical facility that offers medical confidentiality.

PDMD (Dr. John's clinics) also offer sleep studies at major truck stops using portable equipment that you take back to your truck and use overnight. Ask PDMD about their privacy and notification policies.

If you have sleep apnea getting treatment will make a GREAT change in your life. I wish I had gotten tested and treated years before.

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Just a truck driver
With Sleep apnea

in pennsylvania thats what the doctor told me. i was reciently in the hospital and was woken by the nurses because my heart rate dropped. i did not know that sleep apnea can actually be fatal (a guy down the street just died a few weeks ago went to sleep and never woke up 53 years old) and because of that i now have a pacemaker for insurance to keep my heart rate up while sleepin if my rate sows down

Now that's something else drivers have to worry about . If they have to go in a hospital overnight for something they'll be watched while they sleep .

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2 Timothy 4:3,4–”For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires; and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.”

Here are the instructions for the physician giving a DOT physical

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2 Timothy 4:3,4–”For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires; and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.”

well i went in for shortness of breath, found i had a blood clot in my leg that broke off and went to my lungs i was lucky could have went to my heart or brain and killed me or a severe stroke, it was like somebody put a plastic bag over my head.

little did i know this is common for anybody that sits for extended periods, truck drivers, office workers , etc.
any body over 40 is at elevated risk

the clots can not be dissolved they put you on blood thinners and the clots will gradually dissolve over time may take a year or more maybe less and i will be short of breath till they are gone.
it's standard procedure to be on heart monitors while in the hospital and after a couple of days i finally got into a deep sleep and my heart went down 2 times to 40 bpm and once to 25 bpm with 70-100 being normal thats when it was determined i had sleep apnea and with my heart slowing down as much as it did they installed a pacemaker that only operates when my heart slows down for insurance to keep it going.

there was a guy right down the street that was diagnosed with sleep apnea and he wouldn't wear the cpap machine and they wanted to give him a pacemaker but he refused and while i was in the hospital he died just went to sleep and his heart stopped and he never woke up 53 years old