Passed DOT today, question about company standards?

If a DOT medical has no value and not worth the paper the inkjet printed on... then the whole system should have no value and not worth itself.

Companies insist on getting a new DOT phsycial every interview. Ignoring the card you already possess.

Might as well send all truckers back to the DMV for road tests and CDL tests etc.

 

Some doctors just like to push the sleep study tests, they are not mandatory. A company might require one, but it is not law.
The same doctors for some reason like to push blood pressure medicine. 6 or 8 years ago they would only give me a 90 day physical because I was 1 point over on my blood pressure. They wanted to give me blood pressure medicine and then retest and give me a 1 year physical. I told them no, I had never had high blood pressure and would just be back in 90 days, which I did and passed. I am 62 now and just got another 2 year physical and have ever since that one time.

 

Not all companies require a new DOT physical as long as your current one has a few months left on it. Some want 12 months left on it & some less.

 

I know BP is a big deal... but if its controlled through BP meds, do you get a pass?

 

The side effect of the blocker I use in about 40 minutes the BP drops. Its supposed to stop at about 110/65 one day it did not. I was down to 65/35 which is not much of a existence in life at all. Painful actually. I took care of that with a boost in energy levels. If it did not come up then it will have been a problem which is why doctors don't like to prescribe it.

There are a couple of other problems with BP partly because if it is high enough for me to function like a 21 year old off i go.

One of those days I'll come back home dead from that. But I would go out from this world happy. Better to be a star that burns bright and goes through the fuel by 60 I say. Too many people try to get to 90 and then they complain how much life hurts them. (No wonder...) come out of there and sit in the sun a while down here in the south. That'll loosen them old bones up right quick.