Comments on: Guest Blog: New week, new start.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:29:41 +0000

Very good points guys – I’d not really though about the whole high BG thing cos I don’t work with people that onto it either (in a diabetes kind of way that is). I have had my family do that whole ‘are you high’ thing though and it does my nut. I think I’m decided now based on this conversation that it will be a need to know basis which will work well cos the team I’m in all know me already.

Nic – wait till you get random strangers feeling your baby belly on the street cos they think it’s open property! Happens to every pregnant person I’ve known

By: Nic

Nic — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:22:41 +0000

Actually maybe Andrew is right…. thankfully noone at my work is switched on enough to diabetes to start blaming BGs for any grumpiness, but now that they know I’m pregnant that becomes the excuse for any time I get cross, when really I sometimes am just cross and need to point out that something at work is not good enough!

I guess it depends on how well controlled the T1 is. If you are at all hypo unaware and have had to rely on others to get you out of a hypo before then I would say it’s only fair to let them know in advance.

By: andrew

andrew — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:35:20 +0000

Aaron

tough call – I have moved around a bit within a big company in thelast few years and I have settled on a need to know policy. I won’t hide it if someone asks, but I find that even if my peers are well meaning and I proactively “warn” them, they take it as some sort of weirdness and I end up with the whole “did you eat too many lollies as a kid?” bollocks…

I have a boss who, everytime I am grumpy/short with people asks, in front of others, if my blood sugar is under control which is VERY condescending and makes me more grumpy!!!

I would start with people finding out as a natural rather than a contrived event.

good luck with the new job!!

cheers

By: Nic

Nic — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:26:21 +0000

So pleased for you on the new job, congrats again.

I know what you mean about the diabetes announcements in new jobs…. I normally tell the people who sit around me (even if you’re not injecting you’ll still be drawing blood with your blood tests, and you’ll also need them to know not to eat your sugar supplies should they feel tempted!).

I have also in some jobs sent a short email out re-assuring them that I’m well controlled but there will be occasions when I’ll go hypo and what to do in case of an emergency. This is actually more for their benefit than mine as I think it makes people feel a little more secure – knowing they know what to do should something happen.

Actually – after Friday my workmates got all concerned again because they saw the state of me after being up all night and worrying about getting a replacement pump, so they have asked me to send out an email again – must make time to do that.