Cpap test concerns

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Moneyhungrytrucker, Sep 6, 2017.

  1. Jeck

    Jeck Light Load Member

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    just to work somewhere is understandable but improving your chances to make it to another day for your family is worth it.
     
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  3. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    My sister is a doctor and my daughter is a nurse and they agree. They both said it's shocking how many people die in their sleep every day from sleep apnea, but appear to be in excellent health.
     
  4. Moosetek13

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    Yes.
    Well it seems that just about everyone that goes in for a test is diagnosed with it.
    Doesn't that seem a bit odd?

    Also that people that have done just fine, until they are diagnosed with it, have done so well before now. But from this moment on, they will die from it at any time?

    I'm not saying that it isn't a valid concern for a few people.
    But I am saying that it IS a scam for a very many people.

    The medical industry is out for a buck.
    They want to make money, and everything they can do to make people afraid of what ails them is to their advantage.


    Me?
    If I feel bad I sleep for a day (maybe two) and it is gone. End of story.
    I let my body heal me, as it is meant to be.
    No vaccinations or other means.

    And maybe it is all in the mind.
    I believe my own body and mind can heal me, and so they do.

    Scary thought, that one might have such control through simple belief in one's own well being.
     
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  5. Moosetek13

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    Do you know how funny that is?

    People are dying EVERY DAY in their sleep, for both of them, due to sleep apnea.
    But otherwise... they are in excellent health.
    You are SO full of S!

    If people were dying every day, those places would be empty so fast.
    And from only sleep apnea?
    Get real!

    Chinatown, sometimes your posts really amaze me with the ignorance.
     
  6. Chinatown

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    I said they "APPEAR" to be in excellent health. People die every day that excercise, eat healthy, etc. then drop dead even though they "APPEAR" to be in excellent health.
    People die every day from sleep apnea, because they aren't being treated for it.
    I was a skeptic about sleep apnea, just as you are now, but now accept that it's a real problem. Estimates are 1550 deaths per year from sleep apnea, but probably much higher as sleep apnea can trigger a heart attack that results in death. This usually happens in the wee hours of the morning during a deep sleep.
    The same is true with some types of cancer, diabetes, heart attacks. "He seemed so healthy, but the autopsy shows clogged arteries in the heart."
    My high school classmate recently thought she had the flu, so went to the doctor for treatment. She really had bone cancer and died two weeks later. Up until the point she thought she had the flu, she was a picture of health. She "APPEARED" healthy.
     
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  7. Moneyhungrytrucker

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    My main concern is being dianoised with sleep apnea by the trucking company when I don't really have sleep apnea. I am concerned they have bias test results for every person asked to take the sleep study.

    If I have sleep apnea then fine I will use the machine, but I don't want to be told I have sleep apnea by a trucking company when I really don't.
     
  8. Chinatown

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    In that case, I'd apply with a company that doesn't require another physical. Those companies just do a urine drug test and some may check blood pressure.
     
  9. Brandt

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    People that have sleep apnea lots of time can't even tell because it happens over years. Plus we are told stuff as drivers like sleeping on demand is good. When waiting in to load you should go to sleep and rest. Before you know it your stopping to take a naps

    Nobody want to sleep with a mask but your all tough guys you can learn to handle it if someone has sleep apnea. Plus trucking is so careless about drivers Heath I think. It always rush rush and eat fast food, the load is more important then the driver. We do that for 20 years and now we have a big weight problem and diabetes.
     
  10. TROOPER to TRUCKER

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    I have a friend that needs a cpap witch no insurance. Trying to find the link where it’s cheap. If someone could give me the link I would appreciate it.
     
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