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<blockquote data-quote="BooJewels" data-source="post: 1058875" data-attributes="member: 181094"><p>I'm T2 on insulin, so possibly slightly different. I was asked about driving and the DVLA when it was first prescribed and told at the time that the basic rules to follow were <strong><em>"4s the floor, 5 to drive." </em></strong> Recently she said that NICE were upping their numbers a little and considered 5 to be low enough without correction and to try and be 6 before driving - and to test at frequent intervals. I would suggest that this is a discussion you need to have with your HCPs to get a routine that works for you and the treatment you're on. </p><p></p><p>Also be aware that if you've just started treatment and your BGs are dropping significantly, you can experience vision issues as everything settles and your body acclimatises to the new lower levels (the fluid in your eye needs time to adjust and vision can be blurry for a short while) and you can experience false hypos as your body panics a little if you get lower numbers than its got used to. ironically, I found that I got considerably more warning and hypo symptoms with false hypos than real ones.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BooJewels, post: 1058875, member: 181094"] I'm T2 on insulin, so possibly slightly different. I was asked about driving and the DVLA when it was first prescribed and told at the time that the basic rules to follow were [B][I]"4s the floor, 5 to drive." [/I][/B] Recently she said that NICE were upping their numbers a little and considered 5 to be low enough without correction and to try and be 6 before driving - and to test at frequent intervals. I would suggest that this is a discussion you need to have with your HCPs to get a routine that works for you and the treatment you're on. Also be aware that if you've just started treatment and your BGs are dropping significantly, you can experience vision issues as everything settles and your body acclimatises to the new lower levels (the fluid in your eye needs time to adjust and vision can be blurry for a short while) and you can experience false hypos as your body panics a little if you get lower numbers than its got used to. ironically, I found that I got considerably more warning and hypo symptoms with false hypos than real ones. [/QUOTE]
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