[pktruckdriver]

Yes Sir, I was told lose about 250lbs and everything would be alright again, well that's easy for them to say, seen anyone lately who lost 250lbs, not me either.

I have no support sytem in place, just plain old me,( this really is an excuse, just so you know, as I do ) and on the road all the time makes for a recipe for disaster, except, that today I just lost my one and only job because I explained to them I had sleep apena, and could not work 24-36hrs straight anymore, they let me go, yep , and now the Parent company is going to try and see if I can haul can's out of the Carolina's for them, and I really do not like the Carolina's , no tracks down there, IF AND ONLY IF, I passsed another DOT Physical with the Doc knowing of my sleep apnea before hand, well I did pass it and was given a 1year DOT card instead of the normal 2 year dot card, but passed I did, so now I wait to see what happens, pretty streesful when you finally find a company to make money with and then they let you go, out of the blue like this, rather legal or not, that does not matter,I was let go, and now must wait to see if they will put me on hauling can's ( containers...can's ) out the port of Charleston and the surronding area's...

Only 2 payments left for this truck to be mine, be a shame to lose it now, as it is both my livelyhood and my home too, kinda scary , to me it is, as I have no control over these things, but not telling them about my sleep apnea, that I will not not do, they need to know, as I have a machine in my truck to use when I sleep, thou the mask is very very uncomfortable, leaves red marks for hours after waking, but was also told do not use if only napping for an hour or 2, which lately was all I could do to keep up with the demands of this new company.

I need a company where I run hard during the day, giving me about 12-15 hours to run and and a few to sleep at night when I can't stay awake anyomre, like after 10-11pm, but can be up at 4-5am and running again, is that not okay, nope it isn't , and they let me go, I need a Day Job, driving during daylight hours and I will be fine, but finding that is for me really tough to do, in 10years I haven't found it yet, but keep looking for it all the time, but it too must pay something too, not a fortune mind you , just an honset wage thats all I ask, I'm not driving truck to get rich, the ponies are for that, lol, I just need enoughto pay my bills and stash alittle for get aways, like the Spa this august and fishing once in awhile in Alaska or Florida for a few days, but those scenarios have not been able to happen now for the last 6 years, and this either it looks like now, oh well there's always next year , right????

Sorry I went on and on again, well it is a touchy subject for me, and I feel a little better getting all written out to see it and they say that helps you, how who knows, but I did it anyway...

patrick