[zipy46]

Originally Posted by Jay B

Good plan, go out on the road with an unmonitored medical condition so you can stroke out at the wheel and kill a bunch of people who just happened to have the misfortune to be near you when it happens.

Give up the fast food and twinkees and start exercising. You will stop being fat and disgusting and your blood pressure will come down to where it is supposed to be.

Dont taze me bro.... I am regular size...not a fat buffet feeding

monkey

:shock:

[DaveP]

Originally Posted by Jay B

Good plan, go out on the road with an unmonitored medical condition

He's going to his DOCTOR to get BP meds and get it under control.

Who are you going to see to get help for moronic comments? :roll:

[zipy46]

Just a side note:

I would bet you money more truckers cause bad accidents

from fatigue and cooking the logs to 'get there' than we

will ever see from 'stroking out' at the wheel.

...but 'hot logs' deserves another thread all together

:P :P

[ronjon619]

Originally Posted by DaveP

He's going to his DOCTOR to get BP meds and get it under control.
:roll:

I thought I read the same thing.....good point. :wink:

[Uturn2001]

Originally Posted by zipy46

...if i go to my personal dock and get BP meds why do i need

to say anything to the truck doctor?

They do not appear on any kind of drug test...its no ones bizz,
especially Big Bro's :lol:

Because, God forbid, if anything bad should happen, even if it is not your fault, and you get sued they lawyers for the plaintiff will dig and dig and WHEN they find out you lied on your medical exam paperwork it damages your credibility before the courts and places 99-100% of the accident square on your shoulders and you learn a new definition to the word LONELY.

There is also getting fired from your job and having "Terminated for dishonesty" or something similar placed into your file which can be very hard to get around.

[thebaldeagle655]

And the actual answer to the question straight from the FMCSA website is"

Blood pressure (BP). If a driver has hypertension and/or is being medicated for hypertension, he or she should be recertified more frequently. An individual diagnosed with Stage 1 hypertension (BP is 140/90-159/99) may be certified for one year. At recertification, an individual with a BP equal to or less than 140/90 may be certified for one year; however, if his or her BP is greater than 140/90 but less than 160/100, a one-time certificate for 3 months can be issued. An individual diagnosed with Stage 2 (BP is 160/100-179/109) should be treated and a one-time certificate for 3-month certification can be issued. Once the driver has reduced his or her BP to equal to or less than 140/90, he or she may be recertified annually thereafter. An individual diagnosed with Stage 3 hypertension (BP equal to or greater than 180/110) should not be certified until his or her BP is reduced to 140/90 or less, and may be recertified every 6 months.

[Uturn2001]

Already posted that baldeagle. Maybe you should have copied it in crayon since a few seem to have trouble with type written words. :wink:

[zipy46]

Originally Posted by Uturn2001

Because, God forbid, if anything bad should happen, even if it is not your fault, and you get sued they lawyers for the plaintiff will dig and dig and WHEN they find out you lied on your medical exam paperwork it damages your credibility before the courts and places 99-100% of the accident square on your shoulders and you learn a new definition to the word LONELY.

There is also getting fired from your job and having "Terminated for dishonesty" or something similar placed into your file which can be very hard to get around.

You need to go and drive for the bunch I drive for...BP is irrelevant..

these f#&kers are down right outlaws..

Please note...I am trying my God honest darnedest to get free of them as you read

this..applications are going to the far corners of the Continental US....

I will share the good news if and when it happens

[zipy46]

I dont mean it angry or personal...its just the way it came out...

Forget me

[NotSteve]

I'm on BP medication. On my second 2 year medical. Different doctors and both know I'm on meds.