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Hi @Hedgehog71

Let me tell you how it stands for me. I passed my test in late 1986. I notified DVLC at the time. The maximum they can give is a 3 year licence based on good hypo awareness & no debilitating episodes needing medical assistance.. None of which I have ever had since diagnosis at the age of 8.
Every three years since (to date.) I have to renew my licence. It's just a question of filling out a form sent by DVLC as a reminder, & giving doctors consent that all is above board.. I get a spangly new licence in the post Easy!
 
Jaylee said:
Hi @Hedgehog71

Let me tell you how it stands for me. I passed my test in late 1986. I notified DVLC at the time. The maximum they can give is a 3 year licence based on good hypo awareness & no debilitating episodes needing medical assistance.. None of which I have ever had since diagnosis at the age of 8.
Every three years since (to date.) I have to renew my licence. It's just a question of filling out a form sent by DVLC as a reminder, & giving doctors consent that all is above board.. I get a spangly new licence in the post Easy!
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Based on everyone's input I don't get how he was awarded a full licence. He didn't lie about his type 1 diabetes. He's always injected.
Doesn't really matter now anyway I suppose. We just hope it's resolved quickly so he can start driving again. GP freaked me out but it's possibly not as bleak a picture as he painted.....just an awful lot of hoops to jump through.
Next hurdle is work and how accommodating they'll be.
 
Hedgehog71 said:
Based on everyone's input I don't get how he was awarded a full licence. He didn't lie about his type 1 diabetes. He's always injected.
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There are medical conditions listed on the aplication. One of which is diabetes. From memory. You tick the box & they send back a questionare to fill out..

As a young proud guy just passing my test back in the day. I'll own up & say I was initially "tempted" not to tick the D box. (Not wanting the fuss.) But the ramifications for not disclosing were worse.. So I chose to bite the bullet & tick it. ;)
 
I had a similar thing happen to me about 18 years ago. I had a hypo while asleep on the sofa at home. It was bad and i had a bit of a convulsion. My very stupid fiancé of the time panicked and called an ambulance instead of giving me glucogel. I was carted off to hospital and released an hour later. But.... Was told I had to inform DVLA as I had had a recorded fit (recorded as in taken to hospital so in notes etc). It was an automatic 12 month loss of license until I had had tests that ruled out epilepsy and brain tumour (complete waste of hospital time and resources as it was just a hypo not a fit). Also that I was hypo aware and so could prove I was safe to drive (they didn't seem to understand that I had been asleep so obviously did not notice my hypo symptoms. I would usually not be asleep when driving so pointed out that this would not be an issue when in a car!!!) I got my license back with no questions after 12 months thankfully. Hope it works out for your hubby
 
Hedgehog71 said:
He did tell the DVLA he was type 1 back in 1986 but he was given a full license with no follow up.
His hypo awareness is excellent. These hypos happened in middle of night when sleeping. He discussed it with his consultant after it happened and his consultant was happy it was just a 'blip' cos everything else was fine and there's been nothing similar since.
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Hi

I went for a medical up in London regarding getting a provisional licence which was needed at the time re diabetes. I got the provisional and passed my driving test. When I applied for a full licence, it got sent back to me to run until I got into my 70 ' s. I didnt query it for many years and only did so when I heard from someone else that they had to renew theirs every 3hrs. The DVLA told me not to worry and they sent me the forms to fill in and would send me a licence to run for 3hrs. Like all organisations, the DVLA can and do make mistakes so tell boyfriend not to worry
 
@ Hedgehog71

If boyfriend only had 1 hypo that needed assistance in the past 12 months, then he shouldn't lose his licence . The DVLA state 2.
 
If you have legal advice available from an Employer (some offer this as a service benefit to their Employees).. Or legal advice perhaps through house insurance (we've always had this-and used it because hubbies jon not in a Union). It couldbe just an idea to get advice or from CAB....
 
Its definitely worth an appeal if that's possible.............

I am not familiar with the process.........but if it can be discussed and stated that the hypos only needed a 'third party' involvement due to yourself panicking as opposed to it being required it might be hopeful.

But they might not entertain that either though.....

its definitely worth a shot considering he needs to drive for work....

good luck.....
 
novorapidboi26 said:
Its definitely worth an appeal if that's possible.............

I am not familiar with the process.........but if it can be discussed and stated that the hypos only needed a 'third party' involvement due to yourself panicking as opposed to it being required it might be hopeful.

But they might not entertain that either though.....

its definitely worth a shot considering he needs to drive for work....

good luck.....
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The first time ambulance was definitely required. He couldn't take the glucogel and they gave him injection.
Can I get that injection on prescription? It was given sub cut so I could give him it. I'm hoping the hypos were just a blip and he gets another 30 years of no probs. It all seems so unfair but there's no arguing with DVLA ......
 
you can get the glucagon injections on prescription, and yes, you can give it him........

you just need to inject the liquid contents of the syringe into the vial containing powder, mix it up, draw it back into the syringe, fire it into his leg or bum....

has he or do you have any theories as to why it was so severe.......?

alcohol?

extra physical exertion?

wrong meal dose calculation?
 
Hedgehog71 said:
Doesn't really matter now anyway I suppose. We just hope it's resolved quickly so he can start driving again. GP freaked me out but it's possibly not as bleak a picture as he painted.....just an awful lot of hoops to jump through.
Next hurdle is work and how accommodating they'll be.
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Your hubby has an automatic 12 month ban for the hypos. The ban starts from the date of the last hypo. Hubby then has to reapply for reinstatement of that licence. This can take may months, so make sure you do the leg work in advance. Ask consultant near the date of reapplying for a letter to say fit to drive. Make sure and this is naughty of me for saying it that hubby has 2 meters and if he feels low then use that one to test or don't test and just treat. The DVLA will want to see records of blood sugars to prove no hypo's.
 
novorapidboi26 said:
you can get the glucagon injections on prescription, and yes, you can give it him........

you just need to inject the liquid contents of the syringe into the vial containing powder, mix it up, draw it back into the syringe, fire it into his leg or bum....

has he or do you have any theories as to why it was so severe.......?

alcohol?

extra physical exertion?

wrong meal dose calculation?
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No. Can't work out why. Everything the same as usual. He'd been under an awful lot of stress at the time. Discussed it with consultant who seemed unconcerned and told him to keep an eye on it (and also didn't mention the DVLA thing back in late November)
 
Hedgehog71 said:
No. Can't work out why. Everything the same as usual. He'd been under an awful lot of stress at the time. Discussed it with consultant who seemed unconcerned and told him to keep an eye on it (and also didn't mention the DVLA thing back in late November)
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Stress can play havoc on bg control so it's unfortunate that it resulted in those severe hypo's @Hedgehog71, is your husband's employer able to accommodate him in another role within their employment?
 
noblehead said:
Stress can play havoc on bg control so it's unfortunate that it resulted in those severe hypo's @Hedgehog71, is your husband's employer able to accommodate him in another role within their employment?
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Not really. At this point not sure how this is going to pan out. We are preparing for the worst and hoping for the best. He's informed his boss so we will have to wait and see. At least his actual place of work is a short bus ride away.....
 
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