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Re: applying for my h g v after losing it in 2008 after goin I can see a slight difference in my husbands colour in his face and lips and he blinks slightly more often, however we did consider if these changes were a problem and when tested his bloods are at the 6.5 level which is long before...

Re: applying for my h g v after losing it in 2008 after goin sorry for the delay answering, hubby drives an artic full time now and tests before he drives the car to work each morning, before he leaves the yard with the lorry and every 2 hours during the working day (obviously if he's sat...

I couldn't live without my Kindle now, it has all my Open University texts on it so I can study wherever I am, even in bed on my bad days, without having to struggle with a load of over sized books. Since we mostly read the same genre, my Kindle and my husband's are linked to the one Amazon...

Re: applying for my h g v after losing it in 2008 after goin If I remember correctly it's tick boxes on the form and it asks if you have hypo awareness? If you were on your own would you be aware of heading towards a hypo even though there was noone there to tell you? If you rely on someone...

I have Chronic Pancreatitis as well, at the moment my pancreas is still producing insulin but, based on the pattern of damage so far, it's only a matter of time before I'm on insulin. As I understand it, the pancreas does 3 main jobs 1) produce insulin - jabs can replace this when required 2)...

Re: applying for my h g v after losing it in 2008 after goin Stick in there, my husband got his licence back a couple of months ago. He lost it in 1999 when he was diagnosed with type 1. The process for getting it back was drawn out though, he'd just done the forms for renewing his 7.5 ton...

I wouldn't worry too much about whether the NHS would object to 16 tests in a day, spare a thought for those who have type 1 and have managed to jump through all the DVLA hoops and got their class C + E (LGV) or C1 + E (7.5 ton & trailer) licence back. As a requirement of their licence they have...

My husband (who is type 1 and a lorry driver) has injected in just about every service station in the UK as well as hundreds of different places but never in a toilet. Our view has always been that injecting in the toilets is implying you have something to hide, as well as exposing yourself to...