Ever Get Sick While on the Road???

Sorry dudes i write so much if your on the road wright now hope its intertaining yall its all real sh-t that happen to me--my point is iam an exp truck driver of 20 years with only limited time in otr but lived homeless so long on the road between ct,fl,and newyork in a conversion van between working i no what its like to be livin on the road with no shower in weeks,craping in a five gallon buckit in a garbage bag,,pising in a gaderade bottel,almost getting robed and mugged 3 times maybe killed i was lucky,,,and almost killed by a drunk driver in fl on cristmas day watching the hilicopters landing on highway 19 in hudson fl on cristmas 2007 and the 3 people that died ,,right in front of me--i know whayt the truckers life is like the genral public should respect us more,as well as some of the not all but few bad cops.that hate truckers,,i meet a few that are real cool as well,one even tryued to help get me a job in springhill fl,,,while i lived in the van in a walmart ,,,

 

IF YOU EVER WANT TO CHECK THE WEB OF THE CRASH I SAW FIRST HAND CHECK OUT TBO.COM AND PUNCH IN CRISTMAS DAY CRASH 2007,HUDSON FL,,DAVID BELNIAK---HES OUT ON 330,000 BOND STILL IN 2010 ,,,HE HAS A LONG RECORD HES BODY COUNT IS NOW 3 IN THAT CRASH AND 0NE OLD ;LADY HE RAN OVER IN A CROSS WALK A FEW YEARS BEFOR,AND WAS NOT CHARGED ,,HIS SISTER IS OR WAS A ASSISTANT DA IN PASCO COUNTY FL HIS DADS A REAL RICH BUILDER AND MORTGAGE COMPANY OWNER,,,THE LAST I HERD BY A NEWS REPORTER THE MAin da has quit in late 09 or early 10 for anthor job,2 dead are from fairfield ct gerade and denise basi engineers and marathon runners in ther 50s and ther mother in law in her 60s from hudson fl,,the guy still has not started his trile yet.

 

FOOD POISONING!

I have gotten it before at home and was pretty miserable but when I got it on the road it was pure hell. I had stopped near an industrial park around midnight, vomiting and diarhea every 15 minutes for hours. By 1000 the next morning I was able to drive to a rest stop. It took 24 hours before I was able to drive again.

It wasn't from truck stop food. I had made a tamale pie in my lunch box stove which I always lined with aluminum foil. I think that some germs got into the lid and then the food. Since then I would always wipe it down with antibacterial wipes after using it.

 

I was out in the middle of no where and I broke a tooth. It was cutting my cheek like crazy. The one dentist wasn't answering his phone. So I went into the truck stop and bought a pack of nail filers. I shaved down my broken tooth until it was no longer cutting me. A couple days later I was able to find a dentist.

 

I went in the hospital in Roseburg,OR. Oct.of 2006 was in there 18 days was fired by CFI for going to the hospital without their permisson then I was there another 40 days after being released from the hospital waiting for a Dr.'s release to travel.

 

You have got to be kidding.

Did you get an attorney?

 

I got the swine flu H1N1 in texas drove to Georgia and back to houston sick as heck then the doc shut me down 4 days had to come home get out of truck. haven't been able to go back since.

 

I went into the hospital three times while with CFI and was fired every time and had to take their asinine week long orientation every time with 28 years experience 5 or 6 times more than the ones teaching it.

 

I think somebody is telling a tall tale.

 

A couple weeks ago I woke up early, with a bad stomach ache, to leave for a run.

The further I got from home the worse the cramps and pain got. Finally I pulled
over to rest a bit and ended up talking with chuck for awhile. Felt better after me
and chucks conversation so I took off down the road again.

After about 30 or 40 miles I had to pull over and puke again. Each time I did puke
I felt better for a couple minutes. Each time I would take back off I'd only make it
another 10 or 20 miles and had to pull back over and puke.

Once I was about 150 miles from home the pain and cramps had got so bad I pulled
over and crawled in the bunk to wait for my coming death it felt like. Nothing I
took, pepto, or antacids was working. It got to the point I was about to call an
ambulance to come and take me to the hospital.

I ended up falling asleep for a few hours and when I awoke the pain was allmost
all but gone. I was able to make my delivery and get my butt home.

I hope to never have to be really sick and stuck out on the road. That day was
bad but could have been worse and there is nothing better than to be home and in
your own bed when your sick like that.