So I'm in the construction industry and agree that there are many trades that Americans tend to shy away from. Framing, Concrete, ext. Those jobs ARE hard....but I wouldn't consider them low pay. Concrete finishers make at or above the average Oklahoma Salary, and that's before overtime kicks in.
Speaking of concrete work being hard, this post is WAY off topic so skip it if that is gonna piss you off. This was one of my favorite patients ever.
He comes in to the hormone clinic. He speaks zero English. He was sent there by his girlfriend, who is American and speaks zero Spanish. Basically, I guess they are F buddies. So, he is about 40 and she sent him because he couldn't get it up much of the time. He said he thinks it is because he works concrete and is too damn tired.
So, we check some labs and he's got metabolic syndrome-diabetes, high cholesterol, fatty liver and his blood pressure is through the roof. And, he is making about as much testosterone as a schoolgirl. He is a wirey guy but carrying a big beer belly.
I chat with him and he eats at the roach coach for lunch, drinks a 6 pack of coke at work, and a 12 pack of beer each night. He stays up playing video games.
So, I start him on testosterone and give him some Tadalafil to get rid of his immediate problem. But, I tell him he is killing himself and he has to stop eating crap and drinking crap. We go through what to do. To sleep at night, etc.
He comes back at a month for a recheck. Diabetes gone. Blood pressure normal. He's saying he feels a lot better.
He comes back at two months. I see his beer belly is disappearing. I jokingly stick my finger into his belly and it is rock solid. I'm like WTF. I lift his shirt and the MF has a six-pack.
He looks like a different dude. Happy as a clam. I tell him he keeps up eating right and doing his type of work and he won't need me for many years. Haven't seen him back.
