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Hi all I am new to this site but I thought I would share my recent experience I have been a type 1 diabetic for 2 years now and lost my class I hgv license because of the insulin the law was changed in October 2011 allowing diabetics to re apply to have there license reinstated
I was straight in on the said date well my wife was she sent for the paperwork to dvla booked appointments with doctors and specialists then sent all the paper work back this was in October 2011 after a number of letters saying that forms had been superseded and we needed to re send we finally got a letter saying we need to book a appointment with the diabetic specialist to complete a form together we went that same day and sat there until he saw us as the dvla was paying him he did see us quite quickly we then posted the letters back and waited another 2 weeks but still nothing so I decided to ring the dvla every day which i was told all paperwork was back but needed to be scanned on to the system again I phoned every day then bingo I rang 25/4/2012 and was told my license had been reinstated and I could have my class 1 license back which is a blessing as I have just started my own haulage and skip company which I can now drive myself my advice I can give is check your blood twice daily for a min of 3 months get a good wife to fill out the forms and follow what the doctors say and finally keep ringing the dvla as often as you can happy trucking j kay
I was straight in on the said date well my wife was she sent for the paperwork to dvla booked appointments with doctors and specialists then sent all the paper work back this was in October 2011 after a number of letters saying that forms had been superseded and we needed to re send we finally got a letter saying we need to book a appointment with the diabetic specialist to complete a form together we went that same day and sat there until he saw us as the dvla was paying him he did see us quite quickly we then posted the letters back and waited another 2 weeks but still nothing so I decided to ring the dvla every day which i was told all paperwork was back but needed to be scanned on to the system again I phoned every day then bingo I rang 25/4/2012 and was told my license had been reinstated and I could have my class 1 license back which is a blessing as I have just started my own haulage and skip company which I can now drive myself my advice I can give is check your blood twice daily for a min of 3 months get a good wife to fill out the forms and follow what the doctors say and finally keep ringing the dvla as often as you can happy trucking j kay