Recent Content by twowheeler

Paternal grandfather had type 2, but no other diabetes in previous generations. My brother and I are both adult onset type 1 (me at 25, him at ~35 yo.) We both had major emotional stress just prior to diagnosis (broken heart), but don't recall a concurrent infection. Otherwise very healthy...

It seems we have no legitimate grounds for appeal re: night-time hypos. DVLA website: " Clarification received from the EU has confirmed DVLA's interpretation of the new EU Annex that no distinction can be made between episodes of severe hypoglycaemia either when awake or asleep." (See...

Thanks to Sid and Elc for their help : ) Is there anyone back from holidays who has succeeded with an appeal on the above grounds ? Thanks, 2W.

Thanks everybody, I'll try your suggestions : )

Thanks noblehead. I've had the luxury of not having to perform normal 'good practice' like frequent saving as I go. Does anyone know how quickly it times out though ? If it's 10-15 mins that would be a pain for me, slow composer that I am : )

Hi Admin, I wrote a long reply to a post and took a while to compose it. When I pressed Preview (to review the tab boundary) I was asked to log in again and my reply was lost. Why ? Is there a time limit to composing a reply ? Should I save before I Preview ? Thanks, 2W

Thankyou all for your replies so far. There are a lot of posts regarding the DVLA medical reviews since the recent changes to their guidelines and I think I've sifted through them all. There is scant evidence of successful appeals and IIRC the successes were down to procedural errors by the...

Have there been any successful appeals under the current guidelines on the grounds of 'night-time (asleep) hypo' ? Cheers, 2W

Greetings to all. Long-time lurker; first-time poster. Type 1 on insulin for many years. Normal (3 yr) licence reviews. Driving licence (car and bike) recently revoked as I declared 2 severe hypos within 12 months. No other medical issues. So far, so clear-cut. However.... I favour...