DOT Physical
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Nope.
CaliforniaPaul
Well-Known Member
A UPS physical is more than just the "finger".
oldngray
nowhere special
the "finger" is after you get hired.
cachsux
Wah
If the body is still warm...........
TooTechie
Geek in Brown
UPS has us go to an occupational health type place here and we are to request a "dot physical without drug test" My DOT card does not have anything about UPS on it and some guys at work had their family doctor do the physical and fill out the DOT card paperwork UPS gave them.
It's getting a lot harder. Last year when I went they had all new guidelines. If your body mass is over a certain percentage they will measure your neck, ask you a million questions and you better not say that you snore or have any trouble sleeping.
Don't question it just do it.
Ouch
Well-Known Member
Or fogs a mirror.
brownmonster
Man of Great Wisdom
I flunked my last one. Only got a 3 month card.
me too. Hypertension. Kinda glad though. Blood pressure has been borderline high for nearly 30 years. Finally motivated enough to do something about it.
joeboodog
good people drink good beer
As long as the corpse doesn't snore.
What is your plan of attack?
ChickenLegs
Safety Expert
Well, first things first. Making an appointment with my family doctor. My hope is that it can be controlled with diet and exercise. I've actually made a pretty steady habit of hitting the gym 5 to 6 times a week. My secret hope was to do that and be able not change my eating habits. Didn't happen. But since they do call high blood pressure a "silent killer", I'm ready to have an expert guide me. I just want it to be comprehensive. I don't want my blood pressure to be normal and have all kinds of other warning signs going off (weight, cholesterol, etc.). I have 90 days to bring the blood pressure down, but I'm looking forward to more significant changes surrounding those numbers.
KzooUPSer
Once you go Brown...
Lower your sodium intake, it helps a lot with BP. Also, whenever I went to the Dr I tended to measure a little high on my BP, and they were starting to get concerned. One day when I had an appt, by happenstance, I measured my BP at a kiosk at Wal Mart or something like it.. It came back very healthy. interested, I tested it again at a different kiosk at another location, just to make sure it wasn't a faulty test. The results again were very healthy.
Later that same day when I went to the Dr my BP was sky high for someone my age, something like 180/130.. I told the Dr about my experiences with the other tests and we came to the conclusion that I was having some level of anxiety going to my appointments, and this was making my BP skyrocket. He tested my BP again at the end of the appt (About an hour of sitting in the exam room later), and the results were back down in a very healthy range, around 100/60.
Explore this possibility if you think you may be experiencing some anxiety or stress during your appointments. Pain can spike your BP as well.
Later that same day when I went to the Dr my BP was sky high for someone my age, something like 180/130.. I told the Dr about my experiences with the other tests and we came to the conclusion that I was having some level of anxiety going to my appointments, and this was making my BP skyrocket. He tested my BP again at the end of the appt (About an hour of sitting in the exam room later), and the results were back down in a very healthy range, around 100/60.
Explore this possibility if you think you may be experiencing some anxiety or stress during your appointments. Pain can spike your BP as well.
I am curious to see what my blood pressure is at my family doctor's office. I know I've stressed about it because I didn't know what would happen if I failed the physical. Now the anxiety is pretty much gone. I have three months, a doctor's guidance and a starting blood pressure of 143/94. Should be doable.
BakerMayfield2018
Fight the power.
http://www.browncafe.com/community/threads/dot-physical.357462/#ixzz38zwqh35j. When they measure your neck and say your body mass is 2 much what happens then?
