Hidden health hazards in the truck.

Did Lupe put you up to this

 

What kinda NAMBY PAMBY SISSY MAMAS BOY would even post this crap?

TRUCKIN AINT FOR SISSYS!

And you are the poster child for sissys!

 

Trying to avoid that list of 'potentials' would be stressful and STRESS KILLS!

 

He does speak the truth. He's a canary. Miners used to take canaries down in the mines with them because the canaries were ultra sensitive to hidden gases, pollutants, and such. They had a lower threshold for toxin exposure than the humans so when they went into a new mine and the canaries started acting sick (or died) the miners knew it was time to get out. Healthy people aren't gonna notice all the toxins and pollutants your'e exposed to around a truck but that doesn't mean they're not having an effect.

 

Maybe.....Just maybe, The OP isn't cut out for trucking. If you're that sensitive to all of these things...I guess it sucks to be you.
After 38 years in this business I am not a big fat guy, I have no breathing problems, I sleep like a rock (even when it's noisy outside).

Most of the big fat guys in this industry are fat because of eating to ###### much and not getting much exercise.
Most of the guys with heart and lung problems probably smoke.
Many people can sleep in any environment and many people can't..It's the way life is, Not everyone's the same.

If you don't think you have enough food choices on the road....You're not thinking very hard because there are PLENTY of places to get good healthful food out here...If all you do is graze all day at the truckstop buffet, You're an idiot!

Noise shuts down your immune system?

There was a study that proved that?

If I look hard enough, I can find a study that proves just about anything I want to prove.
I have been in noisy environments all my life...I was in a rock band in high school that played so loud that it was painful, I have ridden motorcycles with loud pipes since I was a kid, I have driven a truck since I was 18 years old, I've been married 4 times (way louder than a rock band)

My immune system is fine....I hardly ever get sick!

Here's an idea....Go home and lock yourself in your house and learn how to live without breathing or hearing anything and and don't eat!

Truckin' aint for sissies!

 

He needs to live in a plastic bubble I guess.......................

 

i have met people who claim to get sick from something in freightliner upholstery or plastic---some people get hypersensitive to some things--but usually chemicals or oils and they need years of exposure generally--hydraulic oil and other chemicals in aviation are known to do this
but --i guess it depends on the individual---i can sleep with old reefer unit hammering away behind me--hell i can sleep in the seat of a d-8 idling away---and the only things that every got me queezy in the truck were my own farts--but it easy to roll down a window--my guess is for the o/p to maybe do something else--like........... well what ever you can do in a bubble i guess

 

I won't criticize the OP for any health-related issues he may have. I know of people who are hypersensitive to such things.

But if these concerns are genuine, I'd be looking for another line of work.

I also seldom get sick. The last time I was sick, I got it from my then infant grandson...some general yuck that little ones have, and he passed it on to grandpa. But in general, being away from people has allowed me to be sick less often.