Will I get hired if I have cirrhosis

Curious about the bolded: can a company see your medical records? If there is something in your medical history that might scare them away from hiring you but doesn't show up in the DOT physical can a company find out about that?

 

up to 30 years.

Mom made it to around mid 60's but after she fell out of being a house wife in the late 60's and into the world of Restating etc drinking slowly kicked in. Nothing too crazy. However combined with the constant wastes from the other bacterial infection helped kill the liver essentially. Transplanted. She lasted 45 days. I wonder if it would have been better not to have done it at all but we did not have the benefit of knowing what was going on that high up in the body. However it is something I check now and then on purpose so there is that.

To the other, HIPPA generally protects medical information, however the Examiner I think has the authority to pull it where possible from the past to uncover suspected problems someone did not disclose.

When I go to get work done like the new joint, I specifically sign a form that allows Hippa to lock it up and do not let anyone get to it without my consent.

 

Not that I'm aware of. Medical records are private.

 

I didn't think that was a thing until I came to these forums.

How many people go into job interviews and tell their prospective employers about all the times they screwed up? Not very many. Just don't do it. You could make a TV show season about job interviews about how people screw up interviews. "You know it's just one of those things where I ended up drunk and high on tons of drugs, next thing you know you're in a vehicle crashing into stuff and everything is catching on fire. I don't really understand why people are so upset you know it's just one of those things that was going to happen anyway."

 

if you keep quiet about it, you should be hired...but here comes the rub..

"IF" at anytime you need a special medication or surgery, it'll be known THEN that you had a pre-existing condition and you might be DENIED meds or medical treatment, as you lied on your DOT physical or the application. it's kinda hard to not have the liver not show up as bad in testing.

read number 12 here in the DOT physical form

Last Name: First Name: DOB: Exam Date: DRIVER HEALTH HISTORY (continued) Do you have or have you ever had: Yes No Not Sure 12. Stomach, liver, or digestive problems 13.

if you LIE on the DOT form and you need serious help, you maybe might get that help, but a HUGE bill to go along with it, cuz you lied on your DOT form, and to the company...thier insurance carrier very well may deny any claims........

https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/sites/fmcsa.dot.gov/files/docs/MedicalExaminationReportFormMCSA5875.pdf

 

I'd still withhold information if it meant the difference in being employed or not being employed. My friend was insulin dependent diabetic and kept it a secret from the company and all the drivers except me. He retired with a nice pension from trucking. If he had revealed it, he probably would have been the security guy at the gate checking drivers in and out.

 

That's one cost I am afraid of. Father has it T2 kind. Despite a lifetime of eating hearty, kraut and beef and all that .. sheesh. No candy since 30's and very little soda daily with a cup of pretzels. And still got it.

I understand walmart sells the doses under counter that you can probably pay a small amount for daily but I don't know what that will add up to in a month.

I myself have gotten ahead of it, there is a sugar monitor on the shelf with the usual BP, Temp, pulse ox etc. Sometimes when I get cranky and off my food those vitals help me sort it fast.

 

Thanks for the reply. One more question along the same line. Can or will the doctor doing your DOT physical check your previous medical history? I saw you mention someone keeping the fact that they were insulin dependent a secret, that isn't something that the Dr. doing your physical can or would be able to look into?

 

I don't think they can; they rely on how you fill in the form. Make them work for it'; don't help them by talking too much.
Reminds me of something that happened recently. Took my wife to the doctor and while I was in the waiting room a man came there as a new patient from another state.
The receptionist ask him to sign a form so the doctor can get his health records from his previous out of state doctor. He told her "NO" the new doctor here needs to check me.
A little off topic @faux_maestro but I go to the same doctor as my wife. When she asked for my past medical records, I told her I can't get them because the hospital in China won't release them. That's not true, but she can't prove differently. She's Chinese, so probably figures that's correct. Anyway, I used the PLA Navy Hospital and PLA Air Force Hospital in China, As crazy as it sounds, they let me use those hospitals because I'm a US Navy veteran. Gave me big discounts on prices and treated me like a king. Everyone I talked to in those hospitals said they love the United States military; so don't believe everything you read in the news.

 

I don't believe everything I read in the news. China has remembered it's past and is working successfully to ensure their future.

I am not necessarily a enemy of China. They built our railroads and so on along with the Irish and so forth in our history.

I think at one time or another will probably see some action, but not enough to cause a all out war. We are not even thinking about that on the street here. It's not our concern. Now if they were stupid and sunk one or two of our Carriers... ya then sure... instantly. Just a example.