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Just got my CDL and ready to get on with my life
Sun, 06/10/2018 - 12:33Hey fam, look I know this is of heavy concern to you but I just earned my CDL and ready to get on with my life. I’m tired of going job to job and always getting fired and being trash at everything I do. I done went to college and failed, went to trade school for plumbing and failed, and went to school again for carpentry and FAILED! I’m tired too much much putting out than money coming in for the nice things I want in life. I’m tired of being held back by a stupid disease (epilepsy). I wanna do what I enjoy and that’s driving. It’s controlled and I don’t see why not. Haven’t had a seizure in years. I think I’ll be fine as long as I stay local cause OTR will conflict with me getting my Medicine on time. Recently, I just paid for some herbs which is supposed to be a cure for epilepsy from a guy named Dr. Lawson and says it’s a permanent cure and I’m gonna go cause I don’t care if my family think it’s a scam. Looks all my life I been rejected cause of this stupid disease. I can’t be a fire fighter, I got rejected by the army, I could never play football, what’s the point of living if I can’t do what I passionately wanna do? I can’t stand working jobs being pissed off dll day. Everything I ever did ppl talked behind my back and said I was garbage. This disease is like... it’s like making it to a championship game but you know you’ll never win it. It’s a curse and I’m tired of it. Look, I got my Class A and I tend to ONLY be local, just glad SWIFT gave me the free training but I knew OTR would never work I’m planning for every contingency than can happen . I know I’m a violation in motion but loook, I’m doing what I gotta do to make a living that’s my only answer to all of this. Only thing that can blow this is if I had a health issue I the future non seizure related and I tell them and they see I have a cdl then s again I still got a state id, then it’s gone or I have a seizure but it’s been well co trolled for over 5 years even tho my last EEG showed a spike. Cmon fam I need understanding and support here I wanna make a happy living for myself. I wanna buy a house, I want a nice brand new car (BMW), I want to attract a woman to be my wife, I want a family to take care of, and I cannot do that without doing something I dreamed about!
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I completely understand. I've
Submitted by Kane_5b43f93e013d4 on Mon, 2018-07-09 - 20:10
I completely understand. I've had a lot of trouble with work and have even had to get lawyers involved to get a promotion that I was denied because I had seizures at work (mostly I have tonic-clonic). People with epilepsy like us sometimes can't live a "normal" life as much as we would like to. It's a tough revelation we have to encounter and something I struggle with every day. Although we are limited to doing a lot of things, it is still possible for us to find a partner, buy a house, and start a family. I'm not quite living that life personally, but I've met others who have. Maybe one day you'll even meet someone that also has epilepsy. Good luck to you!
I totally feel you. I have
Submitted by Autotech2340 on Tue, 2018-10-23 - 21:08
I totally feel you. I have grand mal/tonic clonic seizures. I've been fired and heard people talking behind my back. But I made it through automotive school and have been a mechanic since I was 15. Now I hate my job but I used to love it. I have been thinking about IT though cause you can work at home. I have no friends because my seizures scare them away. But in the end, I found a girl, we have a son and now we have a daughter on the way! So in the end be nice to the ladies and I can guarantee you will find someone.
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