In January this year I applied for my Psv licence back I was told that providing I had not had two hypos which needed someone else’s assistance and that I could pass my medical I should be ok,
As I have never needed any help after a hypo I paid my doctor £80.00 for a medical sent the paperwork to the Dvla and waited and waited and waited eventually I rang the Dvla and was told “o yes we are going to send to your own doctor for more information” 3 weeks later my doctor received a form from them asking very similar questions that he had answered on the original form when doing my medical, but he sent them in and two weeks later I rang Dvla to see how I was progressing, “It’s in a pile on my desk we are very busy you know” she said, I told her that I had an offer of a job driving at the Olympics and she said in that case I will take it in to my boss myself and tell him it’s a priority and that I had to ring back the next day, which I did but was told that they were sending a letter telling me I had to see a Consultant, I got the letter and made an appointment within two weeks but when he so my three months blood reading and noticed there was one or two lows ( the lowest being 2.6) in the early hours he said there might be a problem even though I can tell when my blood sugar is low it wakes me up and I have never ever needed anyone else’s assistance plus if I was going to drive I would check my blood anyway, so the consultant sent of the paper work and I waited three weeks before ringing Dvla again asking for my results as I had another job offer so she put me on the priority pile again, I got a letter yesterday I’m not getting my Psv plus I’ve been banned from driving altogether, what do I do without a car I have been driving for 37 years without a problem all over Europe I’m fitter now than I have ever been I go the gym 4 times a week, I could run a marathon, it’s going to the gym that has been giving me the low blood sugar I’m trying to adjust my insulin to account for my exercise, so to cut a long story short at the moment I’m up to my eyes in debt no chance of working I’m can’t look after my family, am seriously thinking about trying a little too much insulin and see if I mess that up as well.
As I have never needed any help after a hypo I paid my doctor £80.00 for a medical sent the paperwork to the Dvla and waited and waited and waited eventually I rang the Dvla and was told “o yes we are going to send to your own doctor for more information” 3 weeks later my doctor received a form from them asking very similar questions that he had answered on the original form when doing my medical, but he sent them in and two weeks later I rang Dvla to see how I was progressing, “It’s in a pile on my desk we are very busy you know” she said, I told her that I had an offer of a job driving at the Olympics and she said in that case I will take it in to my boss myself and tell him it’s a priority and that I had to ring back the next day, which I did but was told that they were sending a letter telling me I had to see a Consultant, I got the letter and made an appointment within two weeks but when he so my three months blood reading and noticed there was one or two lows ( the lowest being 2.6) in the early hours he said there might be a problem even though I can tell when my blood sugar is low it wakes me up and I have never ever needed anyone else’s assistance plus if I was going to drive I would check my blood anyway, so the consultant sent of the paper work and I waited three weeks before ringing Dvla again asking for my results as I had another job offer so she put me on the priority pile again, I got a letter yesterday I’m not getting my Psv plus I’ve been banned from driving altogether, what do I do without a car I have been driving for 37 years without a problem all over Europe I’m fitter now than I have ever been I go the gym 4 times a week, I could run a marathon, it’s going to the gym that has been giving me the low blood sugar I’m trying to adjust my insulin to account for my exercise, so to cut a long story short at the moment I’m up to my eyes in debt no chance of working I’m can’t look after my family, am seriously thinking about trying a little too much insulin and see if I mess that up as well.
