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Originally Posted by knobs
i just took my dot physical and im type 2 also all they wanted was to see my last blood test from my family doc i had it faxed it was 7.1 and the dot doc said that was fine. now my card before was good for 2 yrs and this card is also good for 2 yrs.
Legally your card is only valid for one year. Per FMCSA regs diabetics must be examined at least yearly.
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Garloo, how long have you been diabetic? Is this your first DOT physical since becoming diabetic?
If you are a new diabetic this is probably why you were given a 3 month card. The examining physician wants to make sure that you are making real efforts at controlling your diabeties and if you can show him/her that you have made improvements you should get a 1 year certificate at the end of the 3 month one. Work at keeping your daily testings under 150 and shoot for an A1C test as close to a 7 as possible. Even a 7.5 on your next one will probably be enough to show you are working on it.