Mysterious disease sending young, healthy Texas workers into kidney failure

Discussion in 'Driver Health' started by Chinatown, Sep 15, 2026.

  1. Arctic_fox

    Arctic_fox Experienced mx13 execrator

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    Ill be honest i did miss that part. Fox webpages always go nuts with ads and i backed out before i saw that. That is kinda BS but sadly par for the course. On the otherhand it is a good argument for stronger imigration laws. Both to punish dead beat employers using defacto slave labor in conditions even worse then many historical slaving operations and to prevent them coming here to be defacto slave labor.

    its also proof of the fact that workers do need stronger protections in general. Im a perponient of everyone needs to work but i also know that a healthy worker is both happier and irronicly cheaper then being a slave driver. Make a guy love his job and he will work hard and do hard work to do a good job. Make it a nessesary hell and he will do the minumum and cost you more. Plus why be a dick. A 5 or 10 minute mandatory water break every couple hours and requireing workers to carry a full water canteen or bottle in summer at all times is just being a good boss.
     
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  3. Lennythedriver

    Lennythedriver Road Train Member

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    Black coffee and water that’s been filtered through my own filter is literally the only thing I drink. Ever.. All these drinks, you guys are drinking out there or just messing you up. Energy drinks, fake vitamin drinks, stuff is absolute garbage for you. I see some drivers going into the Love’s filling up them huge refill cups with soda and going back for a seconds Just watching these drivers die right before my eyes.
     
  4. Zeus 49

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    Obviously a lack of plain water , always should try to have your urine close to clear . If sweating is part of your job in America , be sure you add potassium to your diet . Potatoes with skins , salt based on potassium and bananas are good sources . If boots are wet need a minimum of 1 gallon of hydration .
     
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    Zeus 49 Light Load Member

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    Highly recommend avoiding the corporate America answer . You do you
     
  6. Arctic_fox

    Arctic_fox Experienced mx13 execrator

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    Water, cold water with one or two packets of true lemon. Or i do enjoy switchel when i can make it. 1 or 2 gatoraid for if im leaving salt rings on my clothing and feeling sick when im out of salt tablets. Otherwise coffee with evaporated milk and a little bit of honey or the occasional lemonaid i make at home.

    I do like the occasional soda but yea. Too many guys drinking 12 monsters a day (not even joking had a coworker who would polish off an entore 12 pack of mosnter.coffee daily) or something else like that. A soda with dinner every week or so is fine. Same as having an entire cake every day is likely not a great idea. But a reasonable slice of carrot cake after a long week is fine.
     
  7. rollin coal

    rollin coal Road Train Member

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    They're not staying hydrated. Good ol electrolytes, eat a pack or two of these every day and drink the leftover juice in the package and then drink up plenty of plain water all day. Skip the energy drinks, gatorade etc.

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