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Has anyone ever heard of anyone refusing to take a sleep apnea test? I am going in a week from Monday for recert and every time my weight and neck size are border line and they kind of talk about it but do not make me. I am worried they might try and I have heard so many horror stories about guys ending up with machines that really don't need them, I sleep like a baby and my wife of thirty plus years has never heard me breathe funny or stop breathing or anything like that. I am just wondering if there is any way of fighting it?

Does anyone have any suggestions if they do say you have to get the test, can you go to a doctor you know or something like that?
 
Has anyone ever heard of anyone refusing to take a sleep apnea test? I am going in a week from Monday for recert and every time my weight and neck size are border line and they kind of talk about it but do not make me. I am worried they might try and I have heard so many horror stories about guys ending up with machines that really don't need them, I sleep like a baby and my wife of thirty plus years has never heard me breathe funny or stop breathing or anything like that. I am just wondering if there is any way of fighting it?

Does anyone have any suggestions if they do say you have to get the test, can you go to a doctor you know or something like that?
Every doctor is different. If they say you have to go you go. It's a crap shoot I went and needed to go for the test. One of my coworkers went to the same clinic different doctor two days later and wasn't even questioned about it. This person is much bigger than me!
 
It was a requirement when I took the company physical. So I made a appointment with my doctor and did a sleep study which was one night at a clinic hooked up to a hundred wires. If not a hundred sure felt like it. Results came back in about two weeks and I had sleep apnea. However, pretty mild but still had to get the cpap machine which insurance paid the bulk of. They won't pass your physical unless you meet the requirement...

Just a note you get use to it. It takes about a month...
 
Gee lets find more reasons to shut another Trucker down! I mean they have THOUSANDS UPON THOUSAND beat'in doors down try'in to get into this business right?
As info, And sorry for the bad spelling, he only skinny trucker I know of are the ones who still have a high matablism. The rest of us have a roll or two hag'in somewhere on our BU-T-I-FUL bodies!!! He-He!!
 
Gee lets find more reasons to shut another Trucker down! I mean they have THOUSANDS UPON THOUSAND beat'in doors down try'in to get into this business right?
As info, And sorry for the bad spelling, he only skinny trucker I know of are the ones who still have a high matablism. The rest of us have a roll or two hag'in somewhere on our BU-T-I-FUL bodies!!! He-He!!
It's heck getting old... lol!
 
The thing that bothers me the most is I have a brother who is quite a bit bigger than me, I think he has like a twenty three inch neck and he has been on a machine for a very long time. So long that the flapper in your throat for breathing has pretty much become ineffective because it does not get used and now when he happens to dose off in his chair he starts gasping and gagging and you swear he is going to die, I mean it is scary bad.
Plus once you get put on that machine you never get off, I guess I will start practicing for my new job at the drive thru windows at McDonalds.
 
The thing that bothers me the most is I have a brother who is quite a bit bigger than me, I think he has like a twenty three inch neck and he has been on a machine for a very long time. So long that the flapper in your throat for breathing has pretty much become ineffective because it does not get used and now when he happens to dose off in his chair he starts gasping and gagging and you swear he is going to die, I mean it is scary bad.
Plus once you get put on that machine you never get off, I guess I will start practicing for my new job at the drive thru windows at McDonalds.
I was just thinking with that fifteen dollar an hour pay and the company probably looking for more givebacks in a year or two, it might not be that big of a pay cut.
 
Here 's how the whole thing works....... You go in for your physical exam. You pass all the requirements. BUTTTTTTTTTT
the doctor says your BMI (body mass index is too high). He is only going to give you a 3 month extension on your exam. You have to go to your own doctor and ask for a sleep apnea test. It takes a few weeks to set the test up. The doctor gives you a little black box with wires on it, and asks you to go to sleep with a sensor on your finger, and little patches hooked up to your chest. You are at home while doing this. Not painful. You take the box back to the doctors office, and they set up a group appointment with others a week later, and tell you if you have sleep apnea or not. If you have it, they with give you a bigger black box to take home and use permanently. After you go home and start using the box, you have to use it for 30 days every night. Then you get a printout from the doctors office by taking out the memory card from the box. You take that paperwork back to the place that gave you your physical exam, and then the doctor issues you your dmv physical paperwork. The box costs around $750, but teamster insurance will pay for it 100%. I sort of like the breathing device, and feel better when I use it. It has been so cold here at night that I have stopped using it temporarily because the device is pumping cold air to me, and it really hurts when I wake up in the middle of the night. The room is heated, but the machine is on the floor, and still too cold to breathe from it.
 
Here 's how the whole thing works....... You go in for your physical exam. You pass all the requirements. BUTTTTTTTTTT
the doctor says your BMI (body mass index is too high). He is only going to give you a 3 month extension on your exam. You have to go to your own doctor and ask for a sleep apnea test. It takes a few weeks to set the test up. The doctor gives you a little black box with wires on it, and asks you to go to sleep with a sensor on your finger, and little patches hooked up to your chest. You are at home while doing this. Not painful. You take the box back to the doctors office, and they set up a group appointment with others a week later, and tell you if you have sleep apnea or not. If you have it, they with give you a bigger black box to take home and use permanently. After you go home and start using the box, you have to use it for 30 days every night. Then you get a printout from the doctors office by taking out the memory card from the box. You take that paperwork back to the place that gave you your physical exam, and then the doctor issues you your dmv physical paperwork. The box costs around $750, but teamster insurance will pay for it 100%. I sort of like the breathing device, and feel better when I use it. It has been so cold here at night that I have stopped using it temporarily because the device is pumping cold air to me, and it really hurts when I wake up in the middle of the night. The room is heated, but the machine is on the floor, and still too cold to breathe from it.
That in itself would be an incentive to loose weight!
 
Here 's how the whole thing works....... You go in for your physical exam. You pass all the requirements. BUTTTTTTTTTT
the doctor says your BMI (body mass index is too high). He is only going to give you a 3 month extension on your exam. You have to go to your own doctor and ask for a sleep apnea test. It takes a few weeks to set the test up. The doctor gives you a little black box with wires on it, and asks you to go to sleep with a sensor on your finger, and little patches hooked up to your chest. You are at home while doing this. Not painful. You take the box back to the doctors office, and they set up a group appointment with others a week later, and tell you if you have sleep apnea or not. If you have it, they with give you a bigger black box to take home and use permanently. After you go home and start using the box, you have to use it for 30 days every night. Then you get a printout from the doctors office by taking out the memory card from the box. You take that paperwork back to the place that gave you your physical exam, and then the doctor issues you your dmv physical paperwork. The box costs around $750, but teamster insurance will pay for it 100%. I sort of like the breathing device, and feel better when I use it. It has been so cold here at night that I have stopped using it temporarily because the device is pumping cold air to me, and it really hurts when I wake up in the middle of the night. The room is heated, but the machine is on the floor, and still too cold to breathe from it.
You're right on. However, for someone reading this I would recommend going to a sleep center. I believe you get much better accurate results. Do you have a humidifier on yours? I have on mind and it heats the air so I don't have that problem.
 
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ResMed Quattro mask. Phillips REMstar Pro.
Heated humidifier. Glad I have it, I'm 100% compliant.
 
Has anyone ever heard of anyone refusing to take a sleep apnea test? I am going in a week from Monday for recert and every time my weight and neck size are border line and they kind of talk about it but do not make me. I am worried they might try and I have heard so many horror stories about guys ending up with machines that really don't need them, I sleep like a baby and my wife of thirty plus years has never heard me breathe funny or stop breathing or anything like that. I am just wondering if there is any way of fighting it?

Does anyone have any suggestions if they do say you have to get the test, can you go to a doctor you know or something like that?
Take the test!
Its for your own health. Your wife sleeps when you sleep. Sometimes the interruptions in breathing are so small you can't tell if your not a health professional.Those brief interruptions add up over time. Increase your risk of heart attack & stroke. Even if you find a work around for your DOT physical. I strongly suggest that if you are borderline to go take the test privately.
 
j-dawg50 is right. I had the sleep study done on the recommendation of my physician not for DOT. Best thing I've done in a long time. I've used the CPAP everyday except 4 in 4 years. 3 times because electricity was out at home from weather. Once I forgot the mask harness. If it's determined you have Sleep Apnea the quality of your sleep will be amazing when you use the CPAP. Good luck.
 
j-dawg50 is right. I had the sleep study done on the recommendation of my physician not for DOT. Best thing I've done in a long time. I've used the CPAP everyday except 4 in 4 years. 3 times because electricity was out at home from weather. Once I forgot the mask harness. If it's determined you have Sleep Apnea the quality of your sleep will be amazing when you use the CPAP. Good luck.
I used it for 90 days before my exam. The print out from the memory card showed the last 90 days of being compliant. The next 9 months I never used it, & had no trouble sleeping without the machine. Each to his own.
 
I used it for 90 days before my exam. The print out from the memory card showed the last 90 days of being compliant. The next 9 months I never used it, & had no trouble sleeping without the machine. Each to his own.
99% of the time you will not have problems sleeping without the machine. Remember that you are not required to take the test because you are having any symptoms or discomfort. Sleep Apnea is a like silent killer. Every night you sleep and stop breathing for short periods of time does damage to your heart and your brain which leads to heart attack and stroke. Most people that die from sleep apnea do so in their sleep from cardiac arrest or stroke. I'm speaking knowledge of 35 years from inter acting with doctors and nurses and respiratory therapist who treat this condition. Not trying to scare anyone and surely I agree with you to each his/her own. I am just providing some information that may be helpful to anyone who choose to use it. Its totally obvious to me that you have not thoroughly researched the condition of sleep apnea. Good luck to you and may God be with you.
 
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