Everything was finally coming up roses. Sanity, permanent job, enough money, great motorbike and fun project with which to play… and… bugger. It looks like everything is going to fall apart. I found the government advice page for doctors assessing health risks for the DVLA and it looks very iffy. It all boils down to their definition of incapacity. “For the purposes of this guidance ‘incapacity’ is defined as any condition, symptom, or treatment that is likely to cause an individual to be unable to safely control or stop a vehicle.”
Clearly my tachycardia doesn’t interfere with my ability to control or stop a vehicle. But if the flapping of the GP is anything to go by, they might err on the side of caution. If so I’m out of the game until a fortnight after successful ablation of my heart. sigh.
I’m worried that work will sack me and not have me back because of not declaring it. Technically I only found out a week or so ago, and DVLA have said I can continue to drive until a decision is reached, but still…
Nothing I can do about it. I’m going to book the SV650 in for an MOT tomorrow and get it on my insurance. That way it’s good to sell if my HGV licence gets suspended/ revoked. I’ve just looked it up and I’ve got two months left on my insurance and I can request a change of vehicles online, so I have done. One less job for tomorrow. I have to wait for them to get back to me before I’m legal to ride it.
Second to worst case (worst case being they have to fit a pacemaker or find I have a other heart problems and permanently revoke my licence), they suspend my licence, I spend a few months to a year order picking, then go back to lorry driving. With a fully functioning heart. That would be a rare ol’ treat.
The last few day at work I’ve actually been taking the work part of it in my stride, it’s not been wasting me. And the driving is consistently easier than Sainsbury’s, with very little to cause anxiety. I thought I was set for life. Good job, on my doorstep, 4 on/ 4 off, good enough money, only another 2 weeks until I can book a week’s (12 days) holiday… and here we are. Again.
Ho hum.