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<blockquote data-quote="LG Hull" data-source="post: 1554731" data-attributes="member: 305626"><p>Hello everybody and good morning. Brief outline of me. Age 52, diagnosed T2 at 45 when I took my hgv medical (8.3) Ive fluctuated over the years on my annual test/review (high 6s to low 7s) but last year's was 7.9. I'm 5'11 and when I was 45 I weighed nearly 16st. I got it down to just over 13st but mainly hovered around the mid to high 13s. However (and here's the frightening part) my diabetic nurse told on my last test (last year) that if I don't reach my bmi index target weight, that she is going to put me on glipizide, which automatically revokes my hgv licence. This to me would be game over financially, because my family rely on me as the main breadwinner. The 12 stone target is difficult to reach, even more so because I last had a cigarette on Jan 15 this year and I'm now using ecigs. Unfortunately my weight has gradually moved up to 14.5 stone, and I've got another test coming up very soon. I saw my doctor a couple of months ago (not T2 related) and I mentioned what the nurse said last year and in his words told me that there is 50 other avenues they can go down without having to take my license away. Still, this last year has been very stressful for me, as like most of you here I have financial commitments and I would lose everything. I work very long hours each week, go away from home Monday to Friday/Saturday and it's what I've done since the age of 21. Hope someone can help. Kind regards. Les</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LG Hull, post: 1554731, member: 305626"] Hello everybody and good morning. Brief outline of me. Age 52, diagnosed T2 at 45 when I took my hgv medical (8.3) Ive fluctuated over the years on my annual test/review (high 6s to low 7s) but last year's was 7.9. I'm 5'11 and when I was 45 I weighed nearly 16st. I got it down to just over 13st but mainly hovered around the mid to high 13s. However (and here's the frightening part) my diabetic nurse told on my last test (last year) that if I don't reach my bmi index target weight, that she is going to put me on glipizide, which automatically revokes my hgv licence. This to me would be game over financially, because my family rely on me as the main breadwinner. The 12 stone target is difficult to reach, even more so because I last had a cigarette on Jan 15 this year and I'm now using ecigs. Unfortunately my weight has gradually moved up to 14.5 stone, and I've got another test coming up very soon. I saw my doctor a couple of months ago (not T2 related) and I mentioned what the nurse said last year and in his words told me that there is 50 other avenues they can go down without having to take my license away. Still, this last year has been very stressful for me, as like most of you here I have financial commitments and I would lose everything. I work very long hours each week, go away from home Monday to Friday/Saturday and it's what I've done since the age of 21. Hope someone can help. Kind regards. Les [/QUOTE]
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