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<blockquote data-quote="donnellysdogs" data-source="post: 146166" data-attributes="member: 17713"><p>Update:</p><p></p><p>Consultant said that they will take my licence away, probably for a year.</p><p>He said my readings are too low, and I had to see the nurse and dietitian before he would do anything about backing me up to get it back. I saw the nurse who told me privately that she knew of one gentleman that got his licence back within 6 weeks, after the consultant said he was ok. However, she said that at the moment they couldn't say my levels are ok.</p><p></p><p>She asked why I knew about carb counting, and I told her I had been brought up on exchanges, so I knew about carbs etc. She went back through it with me again, and gave me a weeks plan to do with food and injections and bg's etc, and I have to go back to her in one week.</p><p></p><p>The consultant was pretty useless, I have chronic pain in my legs from statin damage, and he said he wouldn't do anything about that until I sorted out my levels. He said to go really high on my readings, so I would get symptoms back, and this made me very argumentative, as I said to him, I recognise the symptoms, I had stopped, and I had given him a copy of the letter what I had written ready to go to DVLA. He said I had to notify DVLA. He also said he had at least 1 diabetic every 2 months that would lose their licence due to hypo's and accidents. Consultant just didn't listen to the fact that I do recognise hypo's and I told him how I recognise highs/lows, but he just really did not listen to me, and just said he would review it all at a later date. I didn't</p><p></p><p>I have sent my letter to the dvla with the questionnaire this afternoon when I come back, as the consultant said the police would do it, and it would be revoked immediately. The letter is a real begging one, but one that states all the facts, as was.</p><p></p><p>I haven't stopped crying since it happened. My blood pressure is normally 110 over 60 and today it was 160 over 88....not good, but I can't stop feeling so angry with myself.</p><p></p><p>At the end of the day I was hypo, despite helping myself before other persons took over, and it isn't the fact that I was helping myself or that I stopped, it is the mere fact I had /was been hypo.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the comments and help...</p><p>Sharon</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donnellysdogs, post: 146166, member: 17713"] Update: Consultant said that they will take my licence away, probably for a year. He said my readings are too low, and I had to see the nurse and dietitian before he would do anything about backing me up to get it back. I saw the nurse who told me privately that she knew of one gentleman that got his licence back within 6 weeks, after the consultant said he was ok. However, she said that at the moment they couldn't say my levels are ok. She asked why I knew about carb counting, and I told her I had been brought up on exchanges, so I knew about carbs etc. She went back through it with me again, and gave me a weeks plan to do with food and injections and bg's etc, and I have to go back to her in one week. The consultant was pretty useless, I have chronic pain in my legs from statin damage, and he said he wouldn't do anything about that until I sorted out my levels. He said to go really high on my readings, so I would get symptoms back, and this made me very argumentative, as I said to him, I recognise the symptoms, I had stopped, and I had given him a copy of the letter what I had written ready to go to DVLA. He said I had to notify DVLA. He also said he had at least 1 diabetic every 2 months that would lose their licence due to hypo's and accidents. Consultant just didn't listen to the fact that I do recognise hypo's and I told him how I recognise highs/lows, but he just really did not listen to me, and just said he would review it all at a later date. I didn't I have sent my letter to the dvla with the questionnaire this afternoon when I come back, as the consultant said the police would do it, and it would be revoked immediately. The letter is a real begging one, but one that states all the facts, as was. I haven't stopped crying since it happened. My blood pressure is normally 110 over 60 and today it was 160 over 88....not good, but I can't stop feeling so angry with myself. At the end of the day I was hypo, despite helping myself before other persons took over, and it isn't the fact that I was helping myself or that I stopped, it is the mere fact I had /was been hypo. Thanks for the comments and help... Sharon [/QUOTE]
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