CRWTMB888
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Hi All,
I am due (with luck) to get my licence back 21st March after 25m. (my sentence was very out of proportion to everyone else I have met or read about including those on the course).
I received the letter re the medical and had it booked for 19th Feb. I abstained for 10 days before as that was the most I could due to the timing of the appointment. I had also abstained for 10 weeks last year until mid December more due to testing any changes with my white cell count (I have an autoimmune disease). I generally drink about 3 bottles of wine each week, split over 3/4 days. Im healthy overwise and eat well and drink plenty of water.
So.. did the medical on 19th, all seemed fine. That evening I enjoyed half a bottle of red. that following weekend we had friends over and I had a fair bit of prosecco. following week had both my eldest daughter and my mothers birthday, so had roughly 1.5 bottles of red (13%) over those two days. On 1st march i had 2/3bt Prosecco and 1 small baileys. 2nd March I got a letter from DVLA to say there was an issue with the blood test and I have to retake it!! (no extra charge at least).
the rest is booked 18th March.
I decided to do a Medicheck to be safe as I was fretting before anyway. I sent off the test on the 4th March.
I stupidly had wine on 6th and 7th March - 1 bottle red total (estimating 72g alcohol)
2 glasses on 10th and the rest of the bottle on 11th (yesterday) - I know …. but I had convinced myself I would be well under the threshold anyway as I really don't drink that much compared to many others I know!
Result from Medichecks came back today at 2.2%!!! so now im concerned.
being the 2.2% is based on 4th March and my retest is 18th March .. if I drink nothing more now,, will it reduce enough?
I don't have any history of alcohol issues, just had a seriously stressful 2 years at the time of the conviction. (deaths, divorce, illness and almost bankrupt!)
I have run the figures as best I can and think I may just pass, and I don't want to postpone the test further as we intend to take a driving holiday in mid april and hoped to have the licence back before then to sort new insurance.
thanks in advance for all advice.
I am due (with luck) to get my licence back 21st March after 25m. (my sentence was very out of proportion to everyone else I have met or read about including those on the course).
I received the letter re the medical and had it booked for 19th Feb. I abstained for 10 days before as that was the most I could due to the timing of the appointment. I had also abstained for 10 weeks last year until mid December more due to testing any changes with my white cell count (I have an autoimmune disease). I generally drink about 3 bottles of wine each week, split over 3/4 days. Im healthy overwise and eat well and drink plenty of water.
So.. did the medical on 19th, all seemed fine. That evening I enjoyed half a bottle of red. that following weekend we had friends over and I had a fair bit of prosecco. following week had both my eldest daughter and my mothers birthday, so had roughly 1.5 bottles of red (13%) over those two days. On 1st march i had 2/3bt Prosecco and 1 small baileys. 2nd March I got a letter from DVLA to say there was an issue with the blood test and I have to retake it!! (no extra charge at least).
the rest is booked 18th March.
I decided to do a Medicheck to be safe as I was fretting before anyway. I sent off the test on the 4th March.
I stupidly had wine on 6th and 7th March - 1 bottle red total (estimating 72g alcohol)
2 glasses on 10th and the rest of the bottle on 11th (yesterday) - I know …. but I had convinced myself I would be well under the threshold anyway as I really don't drink that much compared to many others I know!
Result from Medichecks came back today at 2.2%!!! so now im concerned.
being the 2.2% is based on 4th March and my retest is 18th March .. if I drink nothing more now,, will it reduce enough?
I don't have any history of alcohol issues, just had a seriously stressful 2 years at the time of the conviction. (deaths, divorce, illness and almost bankrupt!)
I have run the figures as best I can and think I may just pass, and I don't want to postpone the test further as we intend to take a driving holiday in mid april and hoped to have the licence back before then to sort new insurance.
thanks in advance for all advice.