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I am T2 on MDI (Levemir and Novorapid) and thanks to Covid-19 my DVLA record now says I have no driving entitlement. I actually have vocational entitlements C1+e, D1+E and am on a 1 year medical So I cannot at present hire a vehicle. Road Traffic Act section 88 is not accepted by many driving...

I had summary record access, (ability to make appointments, order medication) I was using the SystmOnline app (and Web interface from my desktop mac). I saw that there was also the AirMid UK app, in the AirMid app I simply asked for full record access. A few days later it was granted but only...

As you give your blood sugar in mmol/l, with those meds using the generic names rather than trade names, I believe you are not in USA, I'd guess you are in UK. That diet is far from low carb. I suspect that your hbA1c is quite high. I would say that you are quite high risk for a bad encounter...

Also DVLA Medical do not consider continuous data from the Libre, it has to be from fingerpricks, the libre can do fingerprick tests but some CCGS are very pedantic and obstructive as to what test strips they will allow to be prescribed. They are the Freestyle Optium strips, the libre meter can...

Peppergirl, Sadly no, on the DIAB form (and indeed the VDIAB1I - the corresponding form for Vocational drivers) only has fields for you to give consultants and GP details, so when the say healthcare professional they mean either of your named professionals. Since you are on insulin the usual...

The NHS is a postcode lottery. Everyone has experience of good, bad and indifferent HCP. The one thing that should be under attack is the sugar, sorry food, industry with the hidden amount of sugar and other flavour enhancers, e.g. salt together with other additives for all sorts of reasons...

Relax it's early days, but everyone is different. Stressing will make BG levels bounce around. Better to run slightly high and not hypo. Things can be brought down slowly.

Stop bumping the thread - it is rude and unnecessary. From the statement that you are on gliclazide AND lantus. I guess you are transitioning to insulin. You will soon be asked to totally drop gliclazide. I assume you have been on max Stop bumping the thread - it is rude and unnecessary. From...

Abbott seem to be playing it down as a BG Meter.. If you are offered it for a so called trial - bite their hands off - take it. All blood glucose meters are supposed to be Single User Only testing equipment. so they are only allowed to dispose of it after any "trial" ends. They should not ever...

Although I'm T2, now 2 years on insulin, previous 17 and still on Metformin. It's one of those tablets that can send your bowel function in either direction, sometimes with wild swings. Usually in the v.hard direction, ALWAYS take with a meal. A few seconds before the first bite to eat at the...

Yes it is available but for fulfillment problems ONLY to existing users. One of the cons is you have to pay i.e. not available on prescription.

Any Doctor who reads directly from a prepared script as this supposed NHS direct doctor did is not worthy of being a doctor and needs to re-train. The NICE guidelines here are TOTALLY wrong, they are written by committee dominated by beancounters aka accountants and have little relevance when...

@Ladybirdy75, and others Read the PIL (Patient Information Leaflet) that comes with your Metformin, and many PILs are also available online, I found at least 3 for Metformin in single google search, the information in them is quite accurate as many Expert G.P.s, Consultants, Pharmacists, and...

Minutes from many meetings often take about a week to appear anything sent to Diabetes UK should be CC'd to Dr ML Shaw she is the Diabetes UK, lay member on the committee

You would still need a review for a 3 year Group 1 i.e. Cat A or B license (but less strict criteria) If you are on insulin and you drive LGVs/PCVs Group 2 (Cat C, D) you can at best get a 1 year licence at present if cars/vans then a 1/2/3 year licence is possible, on first transition to...

It depends on what treatment you are on and what you do for a living. If you are on insulin, you should probably be testing to calculate your insulin dose. If you are a vocational driver (taxi / LGV / PCV) (BG lowering tablets or insulin), then you should be testing in the 2 hours before...

Anyone being told that they are having their treatment (test strips or medication) changed for cost reasons is being lied to, it is boneheaded decisions by CCG's and some GP practices strictly following their instructions. Another one size fits all argument. The costs for all NHS prescriptions...

It seems to vary a lot by council, but I suspect that Taxi drivers at most only have a medical with their own G.P. similar to the D4 medical, but annually, and not have the 3 forms annual medical assessment that LGV/PCV drivers on insulin have 1) you complete VDIAB1I form, 2) your own doctor or...

@Homer59 read my post about 16 minutes after your post, yes the advisory panel are mostly doctors - their names appear in the minutes of the "Secretary of State for Transport’s Honorary Medical Advisory Panel on driving and diabetes mellitus", often the problems appear to be in the...

Much of the history of anything related to diabetes in the DVLA can be read in the Minutes/Agendas of the DM Committee https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/secretary-of-state-for-transports-honorary-medical-advisory-panel-on-driving-and-diabetes-mellitus which go back to 2012 and minutes going...