Sleep Apnea Test Prior to Issuance of A Medical Certificate

Me too, Ive been using one for 14 years. And I dont regret it. I got my sleep test and cpap machine at the VA for free.

 

Yep, thats one of the first things that cleared up for me after I got a cpap machine. I actually threw away my viagra. No joke!

 

But....Alot of truckers in their early 50's going into their sleeper and then not waking up. No need to die that young imo.

 

I think I remember several years ago reading your post that you got a cpap.

 

With today's technology the bunk sensor can warn the company when body temperature leaves 98.6 and falls through 80 in a few hours at death. No need for the dying and then stinking up the lot.

Remember we all have a number. I would prefer to die at home. But Ive also seen many simply pass away at work wherever they are at. A few I remember well.

I share one. It was a ready mix plant early morning coffee all around. This oldster goes into the pump room for whatever. he's 80 and well liked by everyone. Im unloading a tanker near him.

He comes out on all 4's EVERY limb is rotating grotesquely as if he has 1000 pounds on his back. (Heart attack) trying to reach the office where help is there. He forces himself past me who stood there wondering WTF is this? Basically a human sized crab. By behavior which is not normal.

I did not know enough to recognize then how a failing heart attack takes away so much from someone when I was that young. He did make it to the building and help came. But I don't think he made it because the crew lost their morale that day.

Took me a time to get over that one. Not that there was anything faster that could be done than what was already done in that time frame.

 

NFL great Reggie White died from sleep apneia. Its not a scam.

 

Sadly Reggie White had a lot more going on than apnea. Cpap may have helped him sleep better and maybe be a little healthier but it may not have kept him alive. Sarcoidosis isnt directly treated like apnea.
There is a retired air force colonel in my wifes office that has that and he’s been told dieing in sleep is a good possibility cpap or not. And on top of that he has a very high chance of getting terminal cancer as well. It’s Sad.

 

Next thing will be an EKG test like commercial airline pilots take, the only difference is the lack of money they pay drivers for all the b.s. and hoops one has to jump through to get this great job, er lifestyle. That's why there is a driver shortage into perpetuity or until the robot trucks arrive en masse.

 

President Trump "Squashed" the requirement,however its up to the doctors discretion, to say "I dont feel safe issueing this medical card until a sleep study is done.They tend to CTOA's.Once he puts this on your file youre "stuck". No getting a new doctor or "second opinion". I believe its discimination against large necks. This is a healthy athlete. How would he "fair" against 17 inch diameter neck?

 

The last major EKG testing I underwent I heard the EKG tech in the corner. Hes perfect, Im bored over here. Is there anything else we can do to him?