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Message: <blockquote data-quote="evianfan1985" data-source="post: 691727" data-attributes="member: 142413"><p>My licence was revoked last October - I hadn't even suffered from any hypos requiring somebody else's assistance, however my GP misread a letter from my constant and advised DVLA that I suffered from recurrent bouts of severe hypoglycaemia...I was just about to begin a course of chemoradiotherapy and really needed my car to get to and from my local hospital. It took 3 months and several letters from my endocrinologist - as DVLA stated my GP (who I do not receive any assistance from regarding my diabetes -in fact I'm not sure Ive ever spoken to him other than to request prescriptions) had a better knowledge of my day to day control..DVLA seriously need to look into how they deal with this issue...it was extremely stressful at a time when I really did NOT need any more stress...</p></blockquote><p></p>

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