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Don't worry, it's not catching

SB2015 said:
I certainly knew nothing about diabetes when I was diagnosed, and thought there were two kinds, one which made you go high and one made you go low. I had a steep learning curve!!!

It is no surprise that many don’t know a lot about diabetes, and much of what they know will be based on news etc of the problem with ‘eating sugar’ . This encourages the misconception that it is just sugar that raises our glucose levels, rather than all carbohydrates. I do get irritated when it is misrepresented in a series, especially where they have someone having a hypo and show them being injected with insulin to sort this out!!!!

I did a training session for our GPs as they had little understanding of managing T1. No surprise as they will see very few people with T1 since a large proportion of us are cared for by the specialist teams at the hospital. They were also keen to understand the pressures that self management places on us. I have also done sessions for a care home, WI, U3A, Rotary Club, …. Anything to raise awareness.
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When I returned to work after being diagnosed, was asked where my pen was so they could inject me if I had a hypo. Pleased some off the staff had just done first aid and it included diabetes
 
Woodywoodpecker said:
When I returned to work after being diagnosed, was asked where my pen was so they could inject me if I had a hypo. Pleased some off the staff had just done first aid and it included diabetes
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When I joined St Johns Ambulance some 50 years ago, we covered Diabetes as one of the things to look for with an unconscious patient
 
Woodywoodpecker said:
When I returned to work after being diagnosed, was asked where my pen was so they could inject me if I had a hypo. Pleased some off the staff had just done first aid and it included diabetes
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That is frightening. I wonder if they thought they could just dial up a random amount and go for it?! 😱

I was saying to my husband this morning, there really should be someone trained in each workplace on the basics of Diabetes - at the very least that lower sugar requires glucose, and that insulin will cause low blood sugars.
 
Lauren said:
That is frightening. I wonder if they thought they could just dial up a random amount and go for it?! 😱

I was saying to my husband this morning, there really should be someone trained in each workplace on the basics of Diabetes - at the very least that lower sugar requires glucose, and that insulin will cause low blood sugars.
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God knows a nearly choked. To be fair my work has been brilliant, if I go low got a space to go to with a first aider, they have done training which included diabetes
 
Lauren said:
was saying to my husband this morning, there really should be someone trained in each workplace on the basics of Diabetes - at the very least that lower sugar requires glucose, and that insulin will cause low blood sugars.
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Before finishing work, i was a first aider and the only person with T1 there. The people i worked closely with knew where i kept my hypo treatments and kit and were aware of how i reacted to highs and lows. However it occurred to me one day that i could be working in another area and they wouldn't know so i sent a detailed email around to ALL staff giving information about highs and lows, what to look out for and where i kept my kit/treatments if needed. I also said that if i was found unconscious anywhere, to not give insulin but call 999. I asked staff to acknowledge (by emoji or email) that they had read this. I know things can be forgotten at times but i thought that if even one person remembered what they had read then it would help.
 
Alan44 said:
Out walking the horrible hounds the other day, I bumped into a friend of mine with his dog, he looked at me and said "are you one", "one what I said", a "diabetic" he replied (I wear a pin badge bought from the DUK shop) YES, I replied, "but don't worry, it's not catching" then under my breath "you muppet".

I have no problem with being classed as a diabetic and defiantly no problem in talking about it, but his comment "are you one" did p*ss me off a little.
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Wow, a friend of yours?
 
Pam123 said:
A guy at our gym is diabetic, he is a personal trainer and ive had a few sessions with him so has hubby we've known him for 5 years he is TI but a lot of people there when they see his CGM on his arm assume he wouldn't be able to do what he does, even his doctor said as much, he has come second twice in Iron man competitions and is at the gym most days from 6am to 8pm sometimes longer.
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Nikita on strictly come dancing is type 1 and look at the intensity of his exercise
 
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