Stevens and sleep apnea

If Stevens decides you need a sleep study, they will provide the avenue for the study and will finance the cpap machine.
It isn't cheap.
There are alternate places to have the study done for much less money, accepted by Stevens and the machine is available thru other sources for a lot less money.
Read back thru the Aviary postings and you'll see some postings regarding this.
There are others on the board that have gone the alternate route and been very happy.

 

In the interests of expedience, I did the study through Stevens and the total including the machine was around $2,500.

I was already there when they decided I needed the study. I chose this route as it did not interrupt the training process.

 

I just went through the sleep apnea scare. DOT doc sent me for a study. Sleep doc said that I have very mild apnea (avg 11 episodes) and as far as he was concered I didnt need a machine but the DOT doc would have the final say. Luckily he told me no machine but to lose 25 pounds and I should be ok.

As far as the sleep study the have "at home" tests now. They FedEx the machine to you and you sleep in your own bed. Dont know if Stevens will accept the at home test,but its available. Ive been told that they are about $300.

Something I never knew. The sleep doc said that everyone has sleep apnea. He said that the average person has 3 to 5 episodes an hour.

 

RE Vital Signs.....

For any sleep apnea test vendor you are thinking of using ask them some basic questions like.

Where will I plug in my CPAP?
If I decide to team should I use a different kind of CPAP?
If I work in a slip seating operation what kind of CPAP should I use?

I called Vital Signs and asked these basic questions... hmmmmm.....
Also... they'll come out to you with a portable sleep study.... only if you can tell them 48 hours in advance where you will be.

What OTR driver unless you're on a dedicated run knows 2 days ahead what freight they will be under? You might as well have it shipped to the house to be done when you get home.

There are sleep apnea treatment vendors that know what they are doing in trucking.
It's a matter of finding them.