Freight Dog:
robroy:
Freight Dog:
robroy:
Heard nothing,.as I said just rang the wife.
Not like the DVLA to [zb] up eh? 
Got to take most of the blame myself, I should have rememberd.
Got to be honest here,.I noticed it was coming up in January, and I simply forgot about it. 
Will need to get my skates on and get sorted with application for wk.end, and a medical sorted for Monday,.and send it off
If my form is in, and my licence expires before I get word back.
ā¦How do you reckon Iāll stand ?
I havenāt read this link to check Rob (it looks a scintillating read) but looks like it might provide some help
gov.uk/government/uploads/s ā¦ ce.pdf.pdf
Thanks mate, reading that it looks like Iām ok while my application is getting sorted, if licence runs out at that time.
Next hurdle is the [zb] medical,.I had blood pressure issues last time.
My last BP reading was 148 over 94 which is a bit high, so Iāll need to get the bike out at wk.end and cut down my coffee intake.
Donāt stress the BP. I made the mistake of getting one of the boots home ones, the type that blow up a balloon thing on your arm. Mine is fairly normal normally around 120 ish. Then I took some higher readings, 150, 148, I think I had 150 something one week lol!. I was just stressed. Tossed the friggin thing in the wardrobe 
. My doctor has never said anything, normally too busy talking to me. Mind you talking whilst they do it or moving can affect it. Itās so sensitive. I skip the morning coffee before mine too. Wouldnāt worry about it. Docs know medicals cause higher BPs anyway.
Your a bit long in the tooth to be worrying about renewing your licence
Our blood pressure changes every hour or two every day depending on what your doing or what youāre even thinking
As long as it donāt go over a certain number that they go by it will be fine
You donāt have white coat sindrem do you
Panicking at your age whatās next you love your fellow drivers
robroy:
Harry Monk:
robroy:
My last BP reading was 148 over 94 which is a bit high, so Iāll need to get the bike out at wk.end and cut down my coffee intake.
The limit for an HGV medical is 180/100 so you should be fine.
Cheers for that bit of encouragement Harry. 
Btw Where did you see this?
Itās been covered on here a few times but hereās a link to the info.
"However, the medical standards for driving buses and large lorries are much higher than for those driving a car or motorcycle. This is because the vehicles are much larger and heavier and because you may spend much more time behind the wheel, especially if driving is part of your job.
If your resting blood pressure is consistently 180mmHg systolic (top or maxiumum number) or more and/or 100mmHg diastolic (bottom or minimum number) or more then you cannot drive a bus or large lorry. But the good news is that once your blood pressure has been lowered and is under control, you can then be re-licensed".
bloodpressureuk.org/microsit ā¦ ly/Driving
pierrot 14:
Sammym, I hope youāre not texting while driving,ā ā ? 
Or havenāt you left yet .
Donāt start til 1am.
Letās be honest - Iām a consummate professional would never touch a phone when driving. Itās against the law.
sammym:
pierrot 14:
Sammym, I hope youāre not texting while driving,ā ā ?
Or havenāt you left yet .
Donāt start til 1am.
Letās be honest - Iām a consummate professional would never touch a phone when driving. Itās against the law.
Oh right, itās just on your other thread about DHL Halewood, you said that you had a " night run, this evening "
sammym:
pierrot 14:
Sammym, I hope youāre not texting while driving,ā ā ?
Or havenāt you left yet .
Donāt start til 1am.
Letās be honest - Iām a consummate professional would never touch a phone when driving. Itās against the law.
Shouldnāt a consummate professional be getting some sleep before a full shift driving a heavy goods vehicle?
Harry Monk:
sammym:
pierrot 14:
Sammym, I hope youāre not texting while driving,ā ā ?
Or havenāt you left yet .
Donāt start til 1am.
Letās be honest - Iām a consummate professional would never touch a phone when driving. Itās against the law.
Shouldnāt a consummate professional be getting some sleep before a full shift driving a heavy goods vehicle?
Not when you have had a cold and have been sleeping all day. Motorbike lesson this morning, came home slept til 4. Only woke up to say yes to the job.
nightline:
Freight Dog:
robroy:
Thanks mate, reading that it looks like Iām ok while my application is getting sorted, if licence runs out at that time.
Next hurdle is the [zb] medical,.I had blood pressure issues last time.
My last BP reading was 148 over 94 which is a bit high, so Iāll need to get the bike out at wk.end and cut down my coffee intake.
Donāt stress the BP. I made the mistake of getting one of the boots home ones, the type that blow up a balloon thing on your arm. Mine is fairly normal normally around 120 ish. Then I took some higher readings, 150, 148, I think I had 150 something one week lol!. I was just stressed. Tossed the friggin thing in the wardrobe . My doctor has never said anything, normally too busy talking to me. Mind you talking whilst they do it or moving can affect it. Itās so sensitive. I skip the morning coffee before mine too. Wouldnāt worry about it. Docs know medicals cause higher BPs anyway.
Your a bit long in the tooth to be worrying about renewing your licence
Our blood pressure changes every hour or two every day depending on what your doing or what youāre even thinking
As long as it donāt go over a certain number that they go by it will be fine
You donāt have white coat sindrem do you
Panicking at your age whatās next you love your fellow drivers
Iām not sure if youāre replying to me or Rob nightline ?
robroy:
Harry Monk:
robroy:
My last BP reading was 148 over 94 which is a bit high, so Iāll need to get the bike out at wk.end and cut down my coffee intake.
The limit for an HGV medical is 180/100 so you should be fine.
Cheers for that bit of encouragement Harry.
Btw Where did you see this?
As said donāt sweat it unless your figure is 180/100 or more.
Hi Rob, think I mentioned Tantra techniques to reduce blood pressure but hereās some calming techniques that may help.
Lay on your bunk and picture a quiet beach, thereās only you on it suns shinning and the sea is gently lapping the shore, now I want you to relax every part of your body starting with your toes then working up to your head. Now countdown outloud from 20 to 1 slowly and with every second relax a little bit more so you feel your sinking deeper and deeper into your mattress.
When you reach 1 I will snap my fingers and you will take off all your clothes andā¦ (Oops ignore this, force of habit).
Since blood pressure was discussed here several weeks ago, surely you mustāve had enough time to get help and sort it.
Freight Dog:
nightline:
Freight Dog:
robroy:
Thanks mate, reading that it looks like Iām ok while my application is getting sorted, if licence runs out at that time.
Next hurdle is the [zb] medical,.I had blood pressure issues last time.
My last BP reading was 148 over 94 which is a bit high, so Iāll need to get the bike out at wk.end and cut down my coffee intake.
Donāt stress the BP. I made the mistake of getting one of the boots home ones, the type that blow up a balloon thing on your arm. Mine is fairly normal normally around 120 ish. Then I took some higher readings, 150, 148, I think I had 150 something one week lol!. I was just stressed. Tossed the friggin thing in the wardrobe . My doctor has never said anything, normally too busy talking to me. Mind you talking whilst they do it or moving can affect it. Itās so sensitive. I skip the morning coffee before mine too. Wouldnāt worry about it. Docs know medicals cause higher BPs anyway.
Your a bit long in the tooth to be worrying about renewing your licence
Our blood pressure changes every hour or two every day depending on what your doing or what youāre even thinking
As long as it donāt go over a certain number that they go by it will be fine
You donāt have white coat sindrem do you
Panicking at your age whatās next you love your fellow drivers
Iām not sure if youāre replying to me or Rob nightline ?
By the time we find out Iāll be on my next licence with him being on pre.mod. 
ā¦I canāt for the life of me think why that is btw. 
robroy:
Steve66:
Donāt panic Rob.
My licence has actually expired while DVLA are carrying out medical checks.
Iām still driving.
Check out Section 88 if youāre worried.
Not prying here mate, but is that because there was a problem on your medical?
Got to be honest here, Iām kinda worried about the blood pressure thingā¦which is a bit ironic as worrying increases it.
No problems with the medical.
Iāve had Diabetes Type 2 for about 25 years and Iām under a 3 yearly renewal.
I have to sign a form at every renewal for permission to let DVLA access my medical records from my GP.
Itās expired while theyāre doing it.
Itās twice now.
I have just had my medical (65) this week. I can only say what the doctor I saw wanted. This was at a clinic which does regular HGV/PSV medicals. Compared to 5 years ago there are differences. The doctor may not be able to fill in the eyesight part of the form, you will need to ask when you book the appointment and mention if you wear glasses . You may need to get that part filled in by an optician and of course that is another fee too, even though I qualify for a free eye test. Pee in a bottle seems to have been deleted. Also noticeable was that the smoking question now wants to know if you have ever smoked. I was also asked if I had ever had an ECG outside Hospital. I was asked was whether I had ever had to use a portable blood pressure monitor. The machine set off an alarm because my pulse is always so slow. My blood pressure was high even though I was relaxed and not concerned 154/70. This was a surprise since IIRC it is usually 110/? The doctor commented that my GP would be concerned at 140 but the form requires two further readings to be taken each 5 minutes apart if it is high and the best reading entered. I was asked to take deep breaths and think calm thoughts. The BP came down to 124/77 and the pulse went up by 20.
Since my licence expires April 5th and I am not 65 'till August I am just waiting for Swansea to decide that I only get a licence for 4 months and the whole thing starts all over again.
cav551:
I have just had my medical (65) this week. I can only say what the doctor I saw wanted. This was at a clinic which does regular HGV/PSV medicals. Compared to 5 years ago there are differences. The doctor may not be able to fill in the eyesight part of the form, you will need to ask when you book the appointment and mention if you wear glasses . You may need to get that part filled in by an optician and of course that is another fee too, even though I qualify for a free eye test. Pee in a bottle seems to have been deleted. Also noticeable was that the smoking question now wants to know if you have ever smoked. I was also asked if I had ever had an ECG outside Hospital. I was asked was whether I had ever had to use a portable blood pressure monitor. The machine set off an alarm because my pulse is always so slow. My blood pressure was high even though I was relaxed and not concerned 154/70. This was a surprise since IIRC it is usually 110/? The doctor commented that my GP would be concerned at 140 but the form requires two further readings to be taken each 5 minutes apart if it is high and the best reading entered. I was asked to take deep breaths and think calm thoughts. The BP came down to 124/77 and the pulse went up by 20.
Since my licence expires April 5th and I am not 65 'till August I am just waiting for Swansea to decide that I only get a licence for 4 months and the whole thing starts all over again.
Fair play to you mate, but if that happened in my case I reckon Iād just say ā ā ā ā it, and call it a day.
Simply could not be arsed to go through all that palaver, ā¦especially with how the job is nowadays.
Hope you get it all sorted mate anyway, if thatās what you want.
I wouldnāt worry cav551,they will probably renew it for t least a year after your 65th. Iām 65 in mid 2019 but my entitlement runs untill I am 66ā¦not that I am going to work on after 2019ā¦I have had e enough!
I never got reminder eitherā¦ I had to chase it myselfā¦ phoned dvla twice asking for forms and got nothing in the postā¦
so i got them from the post officeā¦ (ask for D2 / D4 RENEWAL PACK)
I booked optician within a few days but couldnāt get doctors appointment until 2 days before expiryā¦
soon as i got forms completed on the thursday evening i sent them off registered postā¦
BUT my employer wouldnāt allow me to drive until i got my licence back, even though dvla guidelines say you canā¦
so i had 2 nights off the following weekā¦ licence came back very quickly in the post wed morningā¦ rang work and went back in that nightā¦
Trukkertone:
I never got reminder eitherā¦ I had to chase it myselfā¦ phoned dvla twice asking for forms and got nothing in the postā¦
so i got them from the post officeā¦ (ask for D2 / D4 RENEWAL PACK)
I booked optician within a few days but couldnāt get doctors appointment until 2 days before expiryā¦
soon as i got forms completed on the thursday evening i sent them off registered postā¦
BUT my employer wouldnāt allow me to drive until i got my licence back, even though dvla guidelines say you canā¦
so i had 2 nights off the following weekā¦ licence came back very quickly in the post wed morningā¦ rang work and went back in that nightā¦
And did you get any payment for time not allowed work