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Message: <blockquote data-quote="donnellysdogs" data-source="post: 146905" data-attributes="member: 17713">HI SimonThank you so very much for letting me know what happened to you, and what happened about revoking your licence and especially about not allowed to re apply for 3 months, that gives me a clue as to what to expect.  I so wanted to hear from somebody that had been through this experience, and I so appreciate your taking the time to detail it to me.  The Registrar that saw me for 2 minutes last Thursday told me to expect a year, and that he saw at least 1 person every 2 months who had their drving licence taken off them, but nobody here prior to yourself has actually experienced it, so I had no idea what to expect.I went to a GP yesterday and asked which one of the 6 GP's would be completing the form and asked if I could show my daily records to him/her.  The GP was very short with me, and said that she didn't need to see the daily records as they meant nothing, all she was interested in was the HbA1C (currently 7.1), and that I was only just within 'normal' levels.  I asked what abnormal was and she said normal was 6.5 to 7.5.  She said that the HbA1C of 7.1 meant that my daily records could be anywhere between 2 and 20 and she didn't need to see them.  I said that I had never been asked by any GP since moving here anything about my diabetes, and that as far as I was aware that they didn't even know if I was 'hypo' aware, so I would like to see the GP who would fill out the form.She said that with her practive covering 9000 patients and GP's on holidays, it could be anybody that does it and the DVLA are slow at sending out letters, so it was impossible for me to see the GP.I am currently testing my bloods at least 10 times a day, and seeing the DSN tomorrow with all the results and how what I eat etc.  I have got the Head Honcho Registrar to agree that whoever is writing the report will see me before writing it, and they will contact me as soon as they get the letter from the DVLA.I have to accept what's coming, and Ken has helped me make a lot of sense around this.  I really appreciate reading the details of what happened to you, it helps enormously to know 1st hand what happened to somebody else.  I have written a pm to you, as there is another question that I would like to ask you, I hope you don't mind.Thank you so much Simon.  Your telling me your experience was just what I needed to read.</blockquote>

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