Can I Just Get Another Medical Card?

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  1. Hilltop Hustler

    Hilltop Hustler Light Load Member

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    Got a new company driver gig and did the DOT physical. Based on my neck size and my BMI being .08 above whats allowed they gave me a 4 month card and told me to get an apnea test. I ain't got issues sleeping or snoring. I don't get a lot of home time and I don't want to be spending time and money on and at a doctor's office.

    Can I get another card?
     
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  3. Lonwolv54

    Lonwolv54 Medium Load Member

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    Yes, you have a right to a second opinion from another examiner. Some companies use their own doctors though so you would have to choose within their network or move on to another company. I avoid companies that mandate certain doctors as I want to keep my med card independent of the company I work for.. Choose your next examiner carefully, I prefer an actual doctor. All The Best.
     
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  4. Diesel Dave

    Diesel Dave Last Few of the OUTLAWS

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    If you were close to Fontana California, I would recommend a facility here. Easy going place.
     
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  5. Wargames

    Wargames Captain Crusty

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    What other job would make you go through this stuff ? maybe an astronaut, I don’t know
     
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  6. Brandt

    Brandt Road Train Member

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    If you do get sleep test they have home tests you can take. I believe they have phone apps you record yourself sleeping and they will help give you some idea if you will pass sleep test. If someone stops breathing for 10 seconds that’s 1 event. Someone has to stop breathing for 5+ times per hour to have sleep apnea. They have a sleep apnea scale it going up to something like 25+ times per hour is severe sleep apnea. Some people can get up into 80+ events per hour.
     
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  7. thatsright

    thatsright Medium Load Member

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    ##### med card #########. Just tel them you got a daycare center. This sheet is getting okd when them baseturds are giving hard working taxpayers money away like candy. Find another job if they wont let you go where you want to.
     
  8. Wargames

    Wargames Captain Crusty

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    Yeah what he said ha ha ha
     
  9. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    Airline pilots are required to have medical exam every 6 months, and re-tested in the simulator every 9 months. After age 35 or 40, they get a electrical heart test at every exam.
     
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  10. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    I thought DOT prohibited doctor shopping. At the 2nd exam you are required to disclose the 1st doc diagnosed or recommended a sleep test and that you were issued a short-term medical card, IIRC.
     
  11. 401-Alex

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    Concentra is a place that is almost gareenteed a sleep test for neck size
     
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