Driving with sleep apnea

If you are are referred from A DOT medical examiner, before you do a home study, make sure the DOT doc will accept them.

Gary

 

i hope the doc doesn't check your nose and airway with the same finger had stuck up your butt......................

 

Well what gets me is also, the doctor is looking at some papers and says. Your not a smoker.

I'm thinking to myself, idiot read the sheet.
I answer, yes I am.
Then the doc asks how much do you smoke and I say 1-2 packs a day.
Then the doc says for how long?
Answer 35 years..

Read the Freakin info sheet, I keep thinking to myself.

 

lmao good stuff.

 

I was thinking the same thing!

 

pt 69 you probably have osa obstructed sleep apnea. I have that. make sure if you have it that your machine has a downloadable chip. this is to send in you info on how you have been sleeping i.e. have you been compliant. it shows how long you have been using it each night versus actual sleep you have been getting. what you need to keep in mind that you have to use it at least four hours every night. i have gotten so used to mine that i wont sleep without it.also with my sleep study after the first week of calling in every day then it goes to calling in once a week.keep in mind you only have to use it a total of 28 hours over 7 days so if you arent comfortable with it one night you can make up for it the next couple of nights.I just got my one year card from primes doctor and my usage was a 77%.I thought it was a scam also,they do target heavy people like me and yourself although they should test more people for it.my trainer has it he just doesnt know it yet he is in denial and he weighs around 180 and is six two.

 

I wonder if local haulers, dump truck, concrete, etc are going to make drivers do this too?

What about the local owner operators?

 

Ok
Saying that you only need to use it 28 hrs a week is really not right. Because if you use it 8 hrs or 3 nights and 4 hours another, you have done the 28 hrs but you are not in compliance.

The requirement is 4 hrs or greater per night 70% of the nights.

Bottom line is if you have to get up after a short period of time. You wake up 3 hrs and 45 minutes after you started the machine. Keep the mask on and machine running until the 4 hrs is up.

Now they do not target heavy people. They just know that heavy people are more likely to have sleep Apnea. The sleep tests prove that fact. They are not singling you out. It is just a fact of life.

Remember with better attitude about treatment we will have better outcomes

Gary