Discriminating physical fail

company doctor standards are going to be at the strictist for most of them. They are there to weed out anyone that may cost them lots of money in health care costs in the short and long term. Hard to accept but its all part of the bottom line, and with the way Obama care is going i look for it to only get worse.

 

Don't look at this a bad thing, look at this as an opportunity to get healthy. Ultimately your health is more important than making money, especially in trucking where you are least likely to exercise or eat a healthy diet. So you have a handful of options, get healthy and continue trucking, look for another line of work that might allow you to focus on living healthy, or look for another company that is less strict and put yourself back out there.

 

What was your A1C? Type II?

What was you blood pressure?

That doctor should of explained why he failed you and ways to improve.

 

One I know of - singled out on BMI, and given a 1 year card only - company would not accept, no job. This is a driver trying to hire on.

This is not looking good.

 

Yeah, I hear ya. Understand the anger, especially when you're now unemployed because of it, and got a pass from another physician.

The person I was referring to also felt a slimmer driver wouldn't have copped the same scrutiny.

I fear for the next time ours comes around. I think many will find themselves in your shoes in the coming months.

Good luck.

 

I'm not familiar with that PO2 stuff. I just did a little reading to try and understand it. I do read the DOT Medical guidelines a lot and don't recall that. That's why I asked about them other numbers.

If this was a company doctor they are in cahoots with each other. You do what we say to make our insurance company happy and we'll send you tons of business type deal. When he disappeared he could of called your company and said hey this guy is borderline blah blah blah. They then probably replied back to the doctor and told him to fail you to save them the trouble and increased liability. It's dirty, I'm speculating, but I wouldn't put it past them to do something like that. I'm like you but 3 years later. I had my medical card pulled from me the end of 2010. Four months later I had 99% blockage so they did the right thing other than it cost me a fortune.


If numbers are borderline then maybe your primary care physician needs to up the game plan. Your A1C and blood pressure looks good. Maybe sleep apnea is messing with you. If you quit breathing at night them oxygen levels will drop. Reading on Atrial Fibrillation those two kind of go hand in hand just like sleep apnea and type II diabetes does.

Where to go from here? You can file for unemployment. You can try another trucking job and hope you pass. As of right now the medical program tied together and certified doctor thing doesn't start until next summer I believe. The self certification deadline is Jan 30, 2014.

If one doctor can downgrade you another one can upgrade you. I filed for disability and I'm now going to school to retrain for a new job I can do and not be a threat to others. I miss trucking but I don't want to kick over and take out a family with me.

The last thing a sick man needs is to lose his job and health insurance. It's screwed up but that's the way it is. Work on improving your health. Trucking and bad health go together once one gets in their 50's if one doesn't follow a strict health plan. Them skinny guys can get just as sick. At least we know it and seek medical attention. The skinny ones usually just fall over unexpectedly.

I'm not sure what to tell you. Give it a few days to calm down and give it some thought. Denial is your enemy.