Got flagged for a Sleep Study today, told him to stick it where the sun don't shine.

@ethos, you are the Hero of the Day. I shall drink tonight's adult beverage in your honor.

A short story about a doctor:

My grandfather was in his 90s. He had high blood pressure. His doctor prescribed for him a high blood pressure medicine. Pops went to the pharmacist to get his prescription. The Pharmacists came from around the counter to speak to my grandfather face to face, "Pops, don't take this stuff. It will kill you. It will knock your kidneys out and you will be on dialysis."

Pops went back to his doctor and asked him about that prescription. The doctor admitted that the medicine would cause kidney failure, but it would help his blood pressure. Pops was heated, "Which is better...a heart attack and a stroke, or kidney dialysis?"

Anyways, you cant take what a doctor says as gospel. as ol Doc may have ulterior motives.

 

You'll sleep well tonight, like last night, and the night before. Lmao

 

Did the doctor say how much his referral bonus was.....

 

Reminds me of my county, in 1990 they proposed at temporary 10 year increase in sales tax to pay for some infrastructure. 8 years into it they start hard selling that we as a county cannot live without this tax in two years. Come ballot time it passed to go on 'temporarily' for 50 more years.

Once you get on CPAP you cannot get off. Actually I think what will happen is they will regulate that any driver with a CDL must sleep with an air mask strapped on.

I'm getting older, plus the sedentary lifestyle of trucking has put me up to 240 pounds for my last physical. I did an amateur diet the last couple months before the phys, eating only twice a day and still do. The guy I went to said I was in great shape, nice blood pressure etc. I can only imagine going to a big name clinic would see my weight and immediately call for a sleep study which I have heard people had better luck finding a unicorn than somebody passing a sleep study.

 

I lift heavy and take my multi. No sleep studies for me.

 

What gets me is that all these doctors assume we take naps, fall asleep, etc because of sleep apnea. Yet they work in a profession where 24+ hour shifts and rotating shifts are fairly common. So we have alot in common as far as our work schedules. Yet we all have sleep apnea and they are just hard-working life savers who deserve the benefit of the doubt every time they kill someone?