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<blockquote data-quote="Maco" data-source="post: 2372989" data-attributes="member: 465882"><p>Has anyone else found being Type 1 diabetic had any major limitations on what they’ve wanted to do with there life’s? </p><p></p><p>Personally I’ve never let it get in the way of friendships, socialising, exercise, eating + drinking etc etc. I’ve always tried to live my life as normal as possible, doing what I wanted when I wanted. If I really wanted that naughty high carb meal I’d have it. </p><p></p><p>2 things up to now type 1 has stopped me doing is as follows. No.1 I’ve always had a massive interest in aviation. Becoming a commercial airline pilot was always a fantasy/dream from a young age but I soon found out that due to costs & mainly how intelligent you needed to be that wasn’t going to happen. I decided to set my sights at getting my private pilots license. I even started learning to fly, got around 3/4 lessons in before the lockdown started but that’s when the whole diabetic medical came about. Increased costs which would of included a number of trips from Newcastle to stansted to have consultations with the CAA’s medical officers and just the overall depth of control needed to actual gain + maintain a license sounded extremely difficult. At the time I was also using Libre which as far as I’m aware isn’t accepted from the CAA so I would of had to start from scratch with at least 6 months worth of blood glucose readings. Decided it wasn’t worth spending £175 per hour on lessons with the risk of not passing the medical. It’s maybe something I’ll think about after COVID now that I have really good control. </p><p></p><p>No2. I wanted to get my HGV license for work. Again like No1 i needed a friggin medical. I applied for the license, paid some fees, went for a private consult which I passed & sent everything to the DVLA. 1 week later I get a letter saying I need another medical with my Gp & he would need to see my meters. So I book the appointment go along & again he’s happy and signs all the paperwork. Again, 1 week later another letter this time saying I now need an independent medical with a consultant out of my area. If I remember rightly they wanted me to travel around an hour to see a consultant they had picked. At this point I was getting worried that something wasn’t quite right & that the HGV medical could have implications with my normal driving license so I pulled the plug. </p><p></p><p></p><p>So just the two small limitations from me, both probably easily overcome-able now that my heads in a better please & my control is better. </p><p></p><p>Over too you guys?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maco, post: 2372989, member: 465882"] Has anyone else found being Type 1 diabetic had any major limitations on what they’ve wanted to do with there life’s? Personally I’ve never let it get in the way of friendships, socialising, exercise, eating + drinking etc etc. I’ve always tried to live my life as normal as possible, doing what I wanted when I wanted. If I really wanted that naughty high carb meal I’d have it. 2 things up to now type 1 has stopped me doing is as follows. No.1 I’ve always had a massive interest in aviation. Becoming a commercial airline pilot was always a fantasy/dream from a young age but I soon found out that due to costs & mainly how intelligent you needed to be that wasn’t going to happen. I decided to set my sights at getting my private pilots license. I even started learning to fly, got around 3/4 lessons in before the lockdown started but that’s when the whole diabetic medical came about. Increased costs which would of included a number of trips from Newcastle to stansted to have consultations with the CAA’s medical officers and just the overall depth of control needed to actual gain + maintain a license sounded extremely difficult. At the time I was also using Libre which as far as I’m aware isn’t accepted from the CAA so I would of had to start from scratch with at least 6 months worth of blood glucose readings. Decided it wasn’t worth spending £175 per hour on lessons with the risk of not passing the medical. It’s maybe something I’ll think about after COVID now that I have really good control. No2. I wanted to get my HGV license for work. Again like No1 i needed a friggin medical. I applied for the license, paid some fees, went for a private consult which I passed & sent everything to the DVLA. 1 week later I get a letter saying I need another medical with my Gp & he would need to see my meters. So I book the appointment go along & again he’s happy and signs all the paperwork. Again, 1 week later another letter this time saying I now need an independent medical with a consultant out of my area. If I remember rightly they wanted me to travel around an hour to see a consultant they had picked. At this point I was getting worried that something wasn’t quite right & that the HGV medical could have implications with my normal driving license so I pulled the plug. So just the two small limitations from me, both probably easily overcome-able now that my heads in a better please & my control is better. Over too you guys? [/QUOTE]
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