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Rang DVLA today they aint looked at my results yet. Told me i should ring the end of next week if I aint heard by then. Said they have a 3 week backlog.

that sounds about right totenham-linda they dont rush i waited 3 weeks from my medical as well.

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that sounds about right totenham-linda they dont rush i waited 3 weeks from my medical as well.

 

 

Same here.

 

By the way I failed alt but passed mvc and gamma. my readings were 49, 70 and 91 respectively.

 

ALT was prob due to steriods when I was a prat.

 

 

Try not to worry. I did but there is nowt you can do but wait. Fingers crossed for you.

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Same here.

 

By the way I failed alt but passed mvc and gamma. my readings were 49, 70 and 91 respectively.

 

ALT was prob due to steriods when I was a prat.

 

 

Try not to worry. I did but there is nowt you can do but wait. Fingers crossed for you.

hello mate how did you get your results,i didnt get any only my licence threw the post
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hello mate how did you get your results,i didnt get any only my licence threw the post

 

 

I asked them for it in writing just to help Tott linda out and try and give her some peace of mind.

 

we know how she feels. just glad its over mate.

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I asked them for it in writing just to help Tott linda out and try and give her some peace of mind.

 

we know how she feels. just glad its over mate.

yes im glad its all over but still got 4 weeks to go til my ban is up and its draging like hell,cant wait to jump in my car,have you had any insurance quotes yet :D

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yes im glad its all over but still got 4 weeks to go til my ban is up and its draging like hell,cant wait to jump in my car,have you had any insurance quotes yet :D

 

 

I have been driving for a year as dvla only gave me my licence back for one year and when i got my insurance i went with aa insurance also known as mymotorquote.com. They were recommended to me by my driver rehabilitation course and was the cheapest I found. My insurance last year was a little over 300 quid on an 8 year old car. They took my full no claims into consideration which helped to bring it down even though I had a conviction. I renewed it again in April as this was when my insurance ran out and I'm still driving awaiting dvla decision on my medical again and now it is under 300. I'm still allowed to drive while dvla review my last medical.

 

Hope that all makes sense.

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I have been driving for a year as dvla only gave me my licence back for one year and when i got my insurance i went with aa insurance also known as mymotorquote.com. They were recommended to me by my driver rehabilitation course and was the cheapest I found. My insurance last year was a little over 300 quid on an 8 year old car. They took my full no claims into consideration which helped to bring it down even though I had a conviction. I renewed it again in April as this was when my insurance ran out and I'm still driving awaiting dvla decision on my medical again and now it is under 300. I'm still allowed to drive while dvla review my last medical.

 

Hope that all makes sense.

cheers totenham-linda i will give them a go

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Hi,

 

I'm in a similar situation to yourselves except that I've got to wait till the end of July 2010 to get my license back and go through the medical.

I'm not a heavy drinker but go out most weekends and have probably done some damage over the years to my liver!

I am going to take the milk thistle stuff and basically look after myself as much as I can.

After reading this, I can see people passed the medical after 2 weeks of abstaining and 5 months. I'm going travelling in October until May, when I'm coming back to do this medical, reapply and fingers crossed, pass!

I plan on reducing my drinking habits anyway in preparation and am going on a retreat for the last month of my travelling so will abstain for about 6 weeks, longer if necessary.

Clearly, everyone is different but it's about a year way for me and I'm already panicking! I've seen people put gamma results of 91 up and pass but with the recommended results being 50? I know you need to pass 3 of the 4 modules so I guess that is why, but can you tell me what the other modules show?

I'm 26 and have been a regular weekend drinker for about 10 years on and off so fingers crossed, it will all be ok. I'm willing to not be drinking for a couple of months while travelling as it will all be worth it, but just looking for some advice really!

I'm going to ask the doctor for a reading soon to see where I am now and what I'll need to do to get to the acceptable readings.

Any advice anyone can give is greatly appreciated! I want to enjoy my travelling and have a few boozy nights but still take into consideration that I will have to absatin from about March/April.

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Hi,

 

I'm in a similar situation to yourselves except that I've got to wait till the end of July 2010 to get my license back and go through the medical.

I'm not a heavy drinker but go out most weekends and have probably done some damage over the years to my liver!

I am going to take the milk thistle stuff and basically look after myself as much as I can.

After reading this, I can see people passed the medical after 2 weeks of abstaining and 5 months. I'm going travelling in October until May, when I'm coming back to do this medical, reapply and fingers crossed, pass!

I plan on reducing my drinking habits anyway in preparation and am going on a retreat for the last month of my travelling so will abstain for about 6 weeks, longer if necessary.

Clearly, everyone is different but it's about a year way for me and I'm already panicking! I've seen people put gamma results of 91 up and pass but with the recommended results being 50? I know you need to pass 3 of the 4 modules so I guess that is why, but can you tell me what the other modules show?

I'm 26 and have been a regular weekend drinker for about 10 years on and off so fingers crossed, it will all be ok. I'm willing to not be drinking for a couple of months while travelling as it will all be worth it, but just looking for some advice really!

I'm going to ask the doctor for a reading soon to see where I am now and what I'll need to do to get to the acceptable readings.

Any advice anyone can give is greatly appreciated! I want to enjoy my travelling and have a few boozy nights but still take into consideration that I will have to absatin from about March/April.

hello mate i wouldnt panick just yet not if you have a year to go,but the recomended obstainance of alcohol is three months for a heavy drinker,but as for most of us on here give it a bit extra.4,5 months just to make sure,also take milk thistle liquid form its 1mil 3 times a day hope this helps
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Hiya boys got some good news and bad news. Good news first got my licence back. Now the bad news got it back only for 3 years. I can't believe it first they give it back to me for a year and now for 3 years. I only no this cos I rang them but I'm gona ask for a copy of my results and a copy of the protocal they follow which allows them to do this. This seems to only be happening to me!!!! So I will be in this situation again in 3 years time - its madness. I've already completed my ban and paid for my failure to provide but I'm still being punished.

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Hiya boys got some good news and bad news. Good news first got my licence back. Now the bad news got it back only for 3 years. I can't believe it first they give it back to me for a year and now for 3 years. I only no this cos I rang them but I'm gona ask for a copy of my results and a copy of the protocal they follow which allows them to do this. This seems to only be happening to me!!!! So I will be in this situation again in 3 years time - its madness. I've already completed my ban and paid for my failure to provide but I'm still being punished.

i dont understand how they can do that so next time what 6 years, i would look into that or get a solicitor on it

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"The DVLA are entitled to ask you to submit to medicals under the High Risk Offender scheme. If they feel that you are a risk they can require you to submit to medicals. You would only be able to appeal if the DVLA refused to give you your licence. If this happened you would have an automatic right of appeal to the Magistrates' Court local to you. We are able to deal with such a scenario for a fixed fee if you ever find yourself in such a position."

That is a quote I got from a solicitor so I can' appeal as I haven't been refused. Wot a load of bxllxxxx.

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"The DVLA are entitled to ask you to submit to medicals under the High Risk Offender scheme. If they feel that you are a risk they can require you to submit to medicals. You would only be able to appeal if the DVLA refused to give you your licence. If this happened you would have an automatic right of appeal to the Magistrates' Court local to you. We are able to deal with such a scenario for a fixed fee if you ever find yourself in such a position."

 

That is a quote I got from a solicitor so I can' appeal as I haven't been refused. Wot a load of bxllxxxx.

how come none of us have to have medicals all the time then,i have been done twice and got my licence back about a month ago with no mention of any more medicals,why do you have to keep having them.
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I'm gona ask for a copy of my results but I fink my gamma was about 90 which is quite ova and if one of your results is quite ova then they can demand another medical. I've read that off their dvla website. I fink they have to pay for the medical they did for my last one anyway. I will wait to see what my results were but I reckon thats what the problem is. Oh well in 3 years time I will have to do like you did and give it up for 4 months not 2 months like I did this time and that should bring my results down better.

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Had one of my family round helping me decorate last week and he was on the cans from 10am. He was grafting and helping me out so I daint complain. But get this he told me he was on a ban awhile ago and had a medical and reckons the day of the medical he had 2 cans and a line before and he passed!

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A three-year licence is not too much of a problem. I've had them for about nine years, now.

My only gripe is being limited to vehicles 3.5 tons or less.

 

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Hi All

 

Just found this site/thread after googling.

 

Anyway i am in the same position as some on here but worried. I had 18 month ban and refused breathalyser.

 

My ban is up Oct 5th.

 

I went for my medical on 27th July which was pathetic, lasted 10 mins taken blood/urine test and the 40 questions, oh plus BP which was 110/75. Had not drunk for 5 months upto this !!!

 

Was told would have some results from DVLA within 2 weeks by Dr.

 

Anyway had phone call from medical centre saying my blood had clotted and i would have to give another sample !!!So went back on the 29th July.

 

Waited 2 weeks and nothing so rang DVLA on 14th Aug and they said they had received results that day and they had been passed onto the medical investigators/board !!!

 

Now this got me worried....

 

Rang again today on the 18th August and they said it showed on their system that they had applied for information/report from my local GP...

 

Anyone else experienced this as i am now worried what is going on..

 

Cheers

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