If you don't take care of your health then you are....

50-up is a dangerous age. We still think we are handsome and chicks will dig us , we can run marathons, lift the heaviest weights and at any time ready for a fight in a cage... generally speaking we think that our masculinity has not not changed a bit from the time we were in our 20s.
I stayed away from doctors and even jumped on the bandwagon of those who scorn at the modern medicine. I never had a broken bone in my life, never stayed at a hospital, the only visits I made to a doctor's office were those when I needed some antibiotics prescribed. Despite being mostly on the overweight side, I thought I had all under control.
The trucking industry is not geared towards a driver's health at all. Years of trucking wears and tears our human body. The detentions, middle of a night appointments, poor diet, noise and fumes at truck stops, irregularity of sleep patterns, diet, strenuous driving position, little physical movement, additional anxiety, if you are an owner operator - these are all contributing factors that add up with years of trucking.
Like I said earlier, I personally knew fully functional, life happy people (45-60 years of age) who all of a sudden died either at their trucks or home in between trips. I am sure that some you heard about such tragedies too.
Some of us are tougher than others, there are guys who are less sensitive to stress and think that they can handle all that and I thought I was made from a tougher clay too but obviously I cracked and now I need to be more humble.

 

Better trim it off while you physically can. I mean while your bones and joints are able to handle running or jogging. I myself can't run. My knees would be of no use the next day.
Dehydration?! Possible...Now when I think about it....I got to like the Orange Red Bull! At least one can a day. Shoot! After they gave me an IV at ER after half an hour I started feeling better...

 

Not sure what it was. I definitely felt my heart pounding and had problems catching my breath. We have a blood pressure monitor at home and my blood pressure all of sudden jumped to 186/99 - it also showed 3 irregular hear beats. My blood pressure is about 130/80 on average. My wife was insistent on calling Ambulance.... Whatever tests they did on me showed nothing alarming. Other than aspirin (in case it was a clout) and IV, they did not give me any medications.
The ER doctor said it could have been a sign of stress or fatigue...but in reality unable to diagnose the causation. In a way, I consider it to be a good news. No defined illness. The Covid-19 test came out negative too.
It felt more scary than whatever it was. The worst part about it was all that inability to get it under control within a moment or two. I took a while. Now it all seems to have come back to normal but I will have to follow up with a family doctor and do some additional tests.
Now I am waiting for the ER bill. This is the first time my Blue Cross Blue Shield coverage will come handy in years.