- Joined
- Aug 6, 2007
- Messages
- 6,506
- Reaction score
- 200
- Points
- 63
- Age
- 47
- Location
- Berrien Springs, MI
- Vehicle Year
- 2022
- Make / Model
- RE Interceptor
- Transmission
- Manual
- My credo
- If you can't go through it or around it, then go over it.
I retired for trucking June 2015 because I had cancer and I was having problems controlling my diabetes. I surrendered my CDL when I had my heart attack nov 2015.
Today (actually yesterday) I had 2 doctors appointments, one was with my Endocrine and I just had my 3rd consecutive A1C under 8 without insulin and then I had a stress test which I passed.
Now there is no apparent brain damage from having had brain cancer but I have permanent COPD from lung cancer. I am also still diabetic and genetically pre disposed to high cholesterol.
Because I got my CDL in 1997 and surrendered it more than 1 year ago (because I couldn’t pass the physical and I was smoking CBD oil for cancer) I have to have 160 hours of CDL training in an approved program due to a law passed in 2010 in an effort to curb CDL mills. My 2.3 million miles of experience doesnt mean anything apparently. Now I work at FedEx freight and I can move into the driver apprentice program but it takes either 6 months or a year to complete or pay $5000 to go back to truck driving school (which I don’t have).
Currently I make $19/hr at FedEx Freight but only work 5 hours a day. Diver apprentice would bump me to $21/h and be full time then after I complete the program I will be a full time driver at $24/h
Or I could take the money I do have and get an AAS in mechatronixs from the local community college.
I’m kinda leaning towards getting my CDL back and working for a few years to pay everything off and going back into retirement
Today (actually yesterday) I had 2 doctors appointments, one was with my Endocrine and I just had my 3rd consecutive A1C under 8 without insulin and then I had a stress test which I passed.
Now there is no apparent brain damage from having had brain cancer but I have permanent COPD from lung cancer. I am also still diabetic and genetically pre disposed to high cholesterol.
Because I got my CDL in 1997 and surrendered it more than 1 year ago (because I couldn’t pass the physical and I was smoking CBD oil for cancer) I have to have 160 hours of CDL training in an approved program due to a law passed in 2010 in an effort to curb CDL mills. My 2.3 million miles of experience doesnt mean anything apparently. Now I work at FedEx freight and I can move into the driver apprentice program but it takes either 6 months or a year to complete or pay $5000 to go back to truck driving school (which I don’t have).
Currently I make $19/hr at FedEx Freight but only work 5 hours a day. Diver apprentice would bump me to $21/h and be full time then after I complete the program I will be a full time driver at $24/h
Or I could take the money I do have and get an AAS in mechatronixs from the local community college.
I’m kinda leaning towards getting my CDL back and working for a few years to pay everything off and going back into retirement