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ORIGINAL: rulemylife

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ORIGINAL: LadyHibiscus

Sleep studies are actually not that costly...

Yes they are.

I have had friends and relatives diagnosed with sleep apnea.

The initial test costs at least $2,500, and that was several years ago.

And the "cure" is this oxygen machine you have to wear at night which I have no idea of the cost of but it doesn't look cheap.

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ORIGINAL: DomKen

Actually most people with sleep apnea don't need the positive pressure machine. They can get by on breathe right strips (I've got it and that's what I use).


BTW this is a proposal by the FMCSA and is not in any law or regulation I can find.

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ORIGINAL: rulemylife

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ORIGINAL: DomKen

Actually most people with sleep apnea don't need the positive pressure machine. They can get by on breathe right strips (I've got it and that's what I use).


BTW this is a proposal by the FMCSA and is not in any law or regulation I can find.

I'm not an expert on it but everyone I know that has been diagnosed uses the machine.

Which to me seems it would make it harder to sleep.

I can't imagine being comfortable enough to sleep tethered to an oxygen mask.

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ORIGINAL: LadiTrukDriver

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ORIGINAL: pahunkboy

07-16-2010: Government Wants Your Individual Obesity Rating By 2014

what a crock!!!!   How intrusive.

As we can all tell, I am a truck driver. The government is trying to get it fully implemented that if a truck driver is over 33% BMI, now mind you, this includes those who work out & are in excellent shape, but you're over 33% BMI, you have to go get a sleep study done, why? Because you must have sleep apnea with a 34% or above, right? My BMI is approximately 43% (yes, I know I need to lose weight), and when this is implemented I will have to go to a sleep study to prove that I do NOT have sleep apnea.
Mind you, a 42 year old man who is 6' 0" and weighs 250 is 33.9% BMI & considered Obese and has to do a sleep study to prove he doesn't have sleep apnea.
A 42 year old female who is 5' 5" and weighs 204 is 33.9% BMI & considered Obese, and also has to do a sleep study to prove she doesn't have sleep apnea.
So right there, if that is implemented prior to 2014, that will take care of over 3 million Americans.
I too feel it's invasive & unfair, but if I want to continue my career I have to essentially allow the government to do what they want & implement what rules they want at MY COST, out of MY POCKET.
I have been told a sleep study test costs anywhere from $2500 - $5000, I don't have that kind of money, but when the rule is put in place I better come up with it pretty quick or say goodbye to my career.
So yes hunky, I can relate to what you're saying about the invasiveness