am shut down by DOT for 3 months again

Discussion in 'Driver Health' started by missjhawk, Oct 23, 2013.

  1. Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    most FAT truck drivers as landstar would say can't pass a DOT physical and that is the goverments fault?
    blood clots are a real problem in the industry
    not to be taken lightly

    blood pressure , sleep apnea and diabetes are not made up by the lunactic fringe left leaning populace



    Miss jhawk
    If SSI is in your future I might suggest a good lawyer versed in disability
    they charge nothing up front and 25% of your claim once it is approved
    just on the back balance
    after getting repeatedly denied for my son with MS
    a lawyer navigated the system and a year later was approved
    $18000 from the government $4500 of that to the lawyer
    sounds like a lot until you realize you still have $13500 and you were not denied again with nothing
    Good Luck
     
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  3. heyns57

    heyns57 Road Train Member

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    Brian Vickers dropped out of the end of the 2013 NASCAR season due to a blood clot in the calf of his right leg. He missed most of the 2010 NASCAR season with blood clots in his legs and around his lungs.
     
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  4. landstar8891

    landstar8891 Road Train Member

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    WOW.WOW.WOW Pete...You are kidding,right.?
     
  5. Blue02celi

    Blue02celi Road Train Member

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    kidding about what part.....
    overly obese people cant pass physicals? honestly i think there should be an actual PHYSICAL portion to the test, foodservice companies already do it but thats self explanatory
    BP, apnea and diabetes are not made up? unless someone is sneaking in our windows at night and we suddenly wake up with high BP
     
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  6. joseph1135

    joseph1135 Papa Murphy

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    Instead of arguing, heed this as a warning. This could happen to you. You've got one body. Take care of it. Your career isn't the only thing you'll lose.
     
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  7. born&raisedintheusa

    born&raisedintheusa Road Train Member

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    Over the road and local city transit bus drivers also must be on the look out for blood clots in their legs and lower extremities.

    Also, more than likely, all this occurs with heavy equipment operators too: backhoes, bulldozers, cranes, excavators, along with other types of heavy construction equipment.

    God bless every American and their families! God bless the U.S.A.!
     
  8. born&raisedintheusa

    born&raisedintheusa Road Train Member

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    It would NOT surprise me if military health and fitness standards becomes the norm in the transportation industry: truck drivers, bus drivers, taxicab drivers, limousine drivers, and heavy construction equipment operators.

    God bless every American and their families! God bless the U.S.A.!
     
  9. born&raisedintheusa

    born&raisedintheusa Road Train Member

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    Missing most of the end of the 2013 NASCAR season may have saved Brian Vickers's life.

    God bless every American and their families! God bless the U.S.A.!
     
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  10. mikec265

    mikec265 Medium Load Member

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    From what i gather here.... if i stop trying to take decent care of myself....... I CAN HAVE A FREE LIVING!
    Thats just not right. goes against all my morals.
     
  11. landstar8891

    landstar8891 Road Train Member

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    That is the ''rest of the story''..Again the reading is on the wall and drivers seem to want to ''deny'' it...I will put all my money on it that your statement is going to work its way through and become the norm...
     
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