Too early for medical?

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Bear36

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]Hi I am coming to end of my 6mth disqualification period for being drunk in charge of vehicle with excess alcohol on breath. I sent off my application last week only for it to be returned on Monday stating I am high risk offender and have to attend medical ! I am quite nervous bout this as I am depending on getting my licence back as I am a hgv driver and my livelihood depends on it. I had been drinking heavy (every night 6-8 beer) up until October last year and since then I have cut down to fri sat and Sunday! I have no alcohol now in 1 week and I am wondering how long I would now need to be alcohol free in order to pass the medical! Will a few weeks be sufficient or would I need longer, I have also started taking. 300mg milk thistle twice daily. I have been to my gp Monday who took my bloods just to see what way my liver function is and I'm getting those results this afternoon. Also if I get my licence back will my hgv entitlements be automatically reinstated. I'm in Northern Ireland.[/FONT]
 
How did the medical end up going, Bear?

Bear36 said:
Hi I am coming to end of my 6mth disqualification period for being drunk in charge of vehicle with excess alcohol on breath. I sent off my application last week only for it to be returned on Monday stating I am high risk offender and have to attend medical ! I am quite nervous bout this as I am depending on getting my licence back as I am a hgv driver and my livelihood depends on it. I had been drinking heavy (every night 6-8 beer) up until October last year and since then I have cut down to fri sat and Sunday! I have no alcohol now in 1 week and I am wondering how long I would now need to be alcohol free in order to pass the medical! Will a few weeks be sufficient or would I need longer, I have also started taking. 300mg milk thistle twice daily. I have been to my gp Monday who took my bloods just to see what way my liver function is and I'm getting those results this afternoon. Also if I get my licence back will my hgv entitlements be automatically reinstated. I'm in Northern Ireland.
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I'm still waiting on an appointment, my ban was up on 29th march, and I've only received a letter saying my application is with the medical dept and they will be in touch with an app shortly! Any idea his long it takes to get an app?
 
A mate who has just got the books back said it took 4 weeks to get an appointment - think it depends a lot on the time of year, i.e. loads of people get busted at Xmas, so they have a long waiting list 9 months later!
Did you have a LFT with your own doctor, and did it turn out OK? Quite a big drinker myself, and just wondering how long I need to lay off the booze for before the medical - the rest of the UK get away with an easy (CDT) test, you can stop drinking 3 weeks before, but I think a LFT (which they use here in NI) shows a lot more "history" if you can call it that!

Bear36 said:
I'm still waiting on an appointment, my ban was up on 29th march, and I've only received a letter saying my application is with the medical dept and they will be in touch with an app shortly! Any idea his long it takes to get an app?
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Do you know if other driving entitlements ie hgv will be automatically reinstated if I pass my medical? Yes my lft was normal with gp which I was surprised as I have been a heavy drinker (8 tins beer nightly) up until October, since October I've just been drinking weekends but still 8-9 tins so I thought my lfts would have been messed up! I've been off booze now since middle march so I'm hoping il pass ok! Have u applied for your licence yet?
 
I'm not sure if you'll automatically get your HGV entitlement back - I know the DVLNI don't even give you your motorbike licence back, if you had that - not sure about HGVs. Do you have to take your driving test (car) again, as a High Risk Offender? I think that might be the decider? Good news on the LFTS though!

Bear36 said:
Do you know if other driving entitlements ie hgv will be automatically reinstated if I pass my medical? Yes my lft was normal with gp which I was surprised as I have been a heavy drinker (8 tins beer nightly) up until October, since October I've just been drinking weekends but still 8-9 tins so I thought my lfts would have been messed up! I've been off booze now since middle march so I'm hoping il pass ok! Have u applied for your licence yet?
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Well, that's not too bad - you could have waited a lot longer! If you don't have to resit your test I think you keep all your entitlements - but you might have trouble getting work with a fresh ban on your record?
 
Hi I have just been through the worst 3 weeks of my life waiting on the results of my medical, I looked at these forums but could bever find anyone who was like me who actually passed it. I passed yesterday after staying off alcohol for 10 days, previously I drank approx 1 bottle of wine and 4-5 beers every Friday and Saturday and the occasional drink in a Wednesday night. I was worried I would be classed as misusing alcohol and after reading that people where staying away from alcohol for months at a time I was really worried. I just hope this post can put some people's mind at ease as this is the exact thing I had been looking for the past few weeks. Apologies for the long post and good luck
 
Hi Jamie, I'm glad I've read got post. Puts my mind at ease a little. What were you CDT results?
 
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