Getting sick and trucking, how do you get your medications?

Did you wait to get your first job or your last job until every question was answered?

If you are worried about bathroom issues you can deal with those avfew different ways. You can stop often & use public restrooms. You can also easily have a setup for the truck. It depends on how often you anticipate such events, how cheap you are, how squeamish you are.

 

Be careful with urgent care. The Mercy Health I went to in Joplin, MO charged me for an ER visit even though it isn't a hospital and only spoke with a nurse practitioner who probably misdiagnosed me. I ended up owing a few hundred dollars more than the $40 copay I thought I was going to pay. So tired of our BS healthcare system.

 

Say no to lot lizards. Atleast make sure to wrap it up.

 

it is NOT good to have a prescription for antibiotics to take when you think you need them.

overuse makes then ineffective. your body and the bacteria therein become immune to them.

 

What health issues, in general. You feel blah. You get a cold. You feel like the flu. You need a bathroom every few minutes or with no warning. You can't sleep. You feel tired. Nobody should be needing frequent medical attention. Some people use medical issues to seek attention or to have contact with others. Some people have some chronic medical issue. What kind of thing are we discussing? Before cellphones I'd get the flu at least twice a year from payphones. Not every sniffle requires a prescription & a pity party. I'm not sure what issue is in question. I don't want to know the gory details. You eat bad food or you get lonely & want human contact? What?

 

Like @Numb said stay away from antibiotics unless absolutely necessary. Lots of illness can not be treated by them but they kill off the microbes in your body that kill the worse microbes. You can easily get into a vicious cycle where antibiotics kill the good microbes so the bad microbes move in and make you worse off & the antibiotics are ineffective so you need powerful drugs, on and on.

Are you eating real food & getting all of your vitamins, etc? Your story is unusual, not common.

 

Trucking and good health are not compatible.

 

In the military, the only time you call in sick is when the ambulance takes you to the emergency room.
If you're well enough to go see a doctor then you're well enough to report for duty.

I'll add that if you even think you might have bronchitis, then get to a clinic. You do not want to "ride it out" and risk getting pneumonia.