Getting the CPAP Machine req removed from DOT Physicals

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  1. expedite_it

    expedite_it Road Train Member

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    Do you notice that your post directly contradicts what CrappieJunkie wrote in post #6 on this thread?
     
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  3. expedite_it

    expedite_it Road Train Member

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    He has done a sleep study, but he only has a mild case of sleep apnea: 10 apneas per hour when not using a CPAP machine. Since his sleep apnea is mild, the CPAP machine does not help him much.
     
  4. expedite_it

    expedite_it Road Train Member

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    Yeah. That's the way to do it.

    The MIGHT be a national database of DOT Physicals, but there is no national database of CPAP machine users. If you get a sleep study and use a CPAP machine, if you are getting a DOT Physical and tell the medical examiner administering the DOT physical that you don't have sleep apnea, the medical examiner will NOT know otherwise. It will save you from having to do a lot of red tape and save you from having to depend on the willingness of your doctor to fax the medical examiner giving the DOT Physical. What if your pulmonologist is a jerk and doesn't want to fax the medical examiner to say that you are in compliance?
     
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  5. expedite_it

    expedite_it Road Train Member

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    This is worthy of a new thread just about the national database. I will create it.
     
  6. expedite_it

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    I am not arguing with you. But just out of curiosity, how do you know that there is a national database of DOT Physicals?
     
  7. CrappieJunkie

    CrappieJunkie Wishin' I was fishin'

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    Because it's federal law. All drivers know this, or should.
     
  8. Ridgeline

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    has for me too, but for years I have heard all these guys say "I don't have it" until they get tested and find out they do.
     
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    it don't matter what it is, if he has it ... he has it.
     
  10. CrappieJunkie

    CrappieJunkie Wishin' I was fishin'

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    Yep. I used to say that too.
     
  11. Phoenix Heavy Haul

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    I just finished up with my at home sleep test. I know I have sleep apnea and need the machine.
    However I’m not gonna say anything when I go back to renew my medical card.
    I use a chiropractor and he doesn’t ask many questions.
     
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