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Time off school?/work?

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Hi all!

I was just wondering how much time you all had off school (those of you who were diagnosed diabetic whilst at school) - Alex initially had 4 weeks off school as he was very ill - but we got his homework off school and he caught up quite quickly - and since then he has had just 1 day off - but i am a little concerned for the future as we dont yet know what pattern diabetes will take regarding his time off school?🙂Bev

p.s. actually , time off work would be the same so feel free to answer either or! Thanks.:D
 
Finally, one I can respond to!! Hehe...

I'm happy to say that aside from the 11 days I had off when I was diagnosed in 1995 I haven't had a single day off school, or work, due to my diabetes!
 
Hi Munjeeta,

Thanks for your reply - it is very reassuring to hear this news! I am sure you have other advice to give on other questions too!:DBev x
 
I was never allowed to miss school due to my diabetes 😡
Diagnosed pre school though.
Also never missed work due to diabetes.
 
I've never had time off for diabetes, went straight back to work after I was put on insulin. I've had time off for other ailments which I guess you could argue were worse because of the diabetes but nothing directly linked to it.
 
Hi Bev,

I don't recall how much time I was boliged to take off way back in 1996 when I was first diagnosed with diabetes. I am happy to say that I have never taken a day off school due to it. Other illnesses yes but diabetes no. I don't want to let it hold me back. The only other trouble is taking the evening off school to go to my check ups. We run a twelve hour day at my school and I normally have to take the last two or three hours off when I need to go for a check up. Normally I don't mind because the time I loose for working in can be made up at a later date but sometimes it is just so inconvienient.

Tom H
 
Thanks Tom,

I always make appointments for Alex out of school hours because i dont want him to miss anything crucial!
You have done well to never miss time off school because of diabetes - i hope you carry it through to university too! Do you board or commute? Bev🙂
 
I'm a day boy Bev and proud of it. Small illnesses have been made worse from time to time by diabetes. When I first went onto a split dose of levemir I as going down with a nice throat infection aswell. That just made things even worse. I had to be made to take the day off I think.

Tom H
 
i took a week of school and went back and never had any days off apart from hospital appointments
 
I only had one day off school for my diagnosis day when i was at the hospital, then a few days for hospital appointments.

I have had 6 days off sick from work last year due to diabetes- had a nasty A&E hypo, was in hospital in 1 night and then had 4 days off as the DSN I saw wanted me to have that time off.

I have had far more time off for other reasons than diabetes
 
I've never had a day off work due to diabetes - although that's partly because diabetes has made getting work in the fields where I have skills more difficult, so I can always fit in annual review and annual eye check when not working.
I was due to babysit one night and was knocked off my bike by a car driver who didn't look before opening his door, so missed that shift - and spent the next 2 nights in hospital, as there was no free time in theatres, due to priority accidents coming in under plastics team. So, had a couple of nights of being woken 2 hourly for blood tests and noisy clanking of keys to adjust insulin and glucose infusion, with occasional extra blood pressure tests doen at seemily random times - certainly not after they'd woken me anyway. Only time I've ever been an inpatient - and not one I am keen to repeat! Still not sure why they didn't take my suggestion to clean & suture wound under local anaesthethic! Nor why they couldn't do blood sugar tests and take blood pressure without waking me up - I could do tests without waking patients when I worked as a nurse.
I'm hoping that overall, cycling will mean less chance of complications due to diabetes in the future.
 
bev said:
Hi all!

I was just wondering how much time you all had off school (those of you who were diagnosed diabetic whilst at school) - Alex initially had 4 weeks off school as he was very ill - but we got his homework off school and he caught up quite quickly - and since then he has had just 1 day off - but i am a little concerned for the future as we dont yet know what pattern diabetes will take regarding his time off school?🙂Bev

p.s. actually , time off work would be the same so feel free to answer either or! Thanks.:D
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Hi there,

My son was diagnosed last week, he is nearly 12 years old. Although he had been ill for sometime he was 'well' and he only had 2 days off school! Our DSN said that it was important to get back to routine as his blood glucose level was v high and sitting in bed wasn't going to help! I am still worried because his levels are still min 15mmols!

Hope your son is on his way to a full recovery? Any tips on how long it took to stablise him?

Thanks
Emma
 
I had 2 months off work after diagnosis and I hope it will be the last episode directly related to diabetes. Still not back to everything I used to do but getting there. Im not gonna let it control my life, and unfortunately work is a big part of life!
 
Not one!

I was diagnosed before I began school - and never had a day off in my entire education due to diabetes - had to take the odd afternoon off for yearly hospital check ups - that was it! Only years later I realised I had the perfect excuse for bunking off PE lessons - and I used to write fake notes about my periods!! LOL!!!!
 
My son had four days off too at diagnosis, but hasn't missed any school except due to an influx of clinic appointments from two sources. Mind you, he's been ill and we thought that diabetes was making him ill longer...but no, I then got the virus and it knocked me out for days too!

Emma, re stabilisation... um, we aren't there yet, four months in. We have a much better idea of what we're doing, and how to predict/correct insulin doses, but my son's dose is ever-changing due to his ever-changing life of PE, running around, couch potato-ing, growing spurts, etc...

Saying that, I'm sure you know that the first dose to get 'right' is the long-acting one (assuming he's on several injections a day,not just two?), eg getting his morning fasting level in range. We were not really advised to do this quickly enough, and it meant that the short acting ones were sending his sugars all over the place day after day... We kind of caught on to what was happening ourselves, and more aggressively raised his long-acting/background insulin, every two or three days for a while. The short-acting ones have then become much easier to manage and predict. (Of course, just last week we moved to two doses of long-acting, splitting it. MUCH better control, but again, this required fairly intense monitoring and adjusting to get what seems right. For the moment.)

Best of luck. It'll get more comprehensible.
 
Emma Heaver said:
Hi there,

My son was diagnosed last week, he is nearly 12 years old. Although he had been ill for sometime he was 'well' and he only had 2 days off school! Our DSN said that it was important to get back to routine as his blood glucose level was v high and sitting in bed wasn't going to help! I am still worried because his levels are still min 15mmols!

Hope your son is on his way to a full recovery? Any tips on how long it took to stablise him?

Thanks
Emma
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Hi Emma, I dont want to make you feel stressed - but - we still havent got him stabilised! Actually thats slighty untrue - he is stabilised - but his levels are still not within range! But i am reliably told by all on this site that he's doing ok and that its the honeymoon period! I promise you though that it will become a lot easier to deal with - 3 months ago i didnt have a clue and now i am a lot more knowledgeable - thanks to this site.My tip would be - dont panic - and dont try to take on too much all in one go - your son is individual and his levels of activity etc all play a part in finding out what works for him! And make sure you stay in touch with his DN and give her all details of changes etc.. and dont worry!:DBev
 
Well.. I was med discharged from Armed forces, and ever since havent been able to keep a job down. Also have MH issues... back to college, and now trying work experience at local hospice...

When in work had a lot of probs... bit complicated me...
 
had 7 weeks off work initially. and so far not had day off due to diabetes or other illness since (just over a year)

make hospital/doctor appointments on my days off

do have to treat lows etc when at work, but this is part and parcel isnt it?😉
 
Patricia said:
My son had four days off too at diagnosis, but hasn't missed any school except due to an influx of clinic appointments from two sources. Mind you, he's been ill and we thought that diabetes was making him ill longer...but no, I then got the virus and it knocked me out for days too!

Emma, re stabilisation... um, we aren't there yet, four months in. We have a much better idea of what we're doing, and how to predict/correct insulin doses, but my son's dose is ever-changing due to his ever-changing life of PE, running around, couch potato-ing, growing spurts, etc...

Saying that, I'm sure you know that the first dose to get 'right' is the long-acting one (assuming he's on several injections a day,not just two?), eg getting his morning fasting level in range. We were not really advised to do this quickly enough, and it meant that the short acting ones were sending his sugars all over the place day after day... We kind of caught on to what was happening ourselves, and more aggressively raised his long-acting/background insulin, every two or three days for a while. The short-acting ones have then become much easier to manage and predict. (Of course, just last week we moved to two doses of long-acting, splitting it. MUCH better control, but again, this required fairly intense monitoring and adjusting to get what seems right. For the moment.)

Best of luck. It'll get more comprehensible.
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Thanks Patricia, Its reassuring that stabilising doesn't happen overnight! I appreciate your comments as yet we don't know anyone in the same boat locally that we can talk to face to face! My son is on only 2 injections at the moment but th nurse has said that he will probably change to more as he is quite sporty.

Thanks again
 
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