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FIREMAN999

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I've been diabetic for 6 years total, they tell me 2.5 years as type 1. I'm on insulin and have found it quiet straight forward and easy to control my blood leves, but in saying that I am a highly motivated person that knows I need to be on top of it and not the other way round if i want to keep my wonderful job.. I know it is not that straight forward for all diabetics, and if I can provide any help, support just give me a shout.
Im married with 2 kids and a dog called freddie.
I enjoy and have played most sports, but because of various knee operations I tend to stick to cycling now, or swimming.
I live in the lovely lake district which is perfect for dog walking.
I've been a fire-fighter in total now for 23 years, thats incl 10 years industrial FF, the rest whole time and retained.
I hope to come on here regularly to see what goes on and what people are chatting about.
John.
 
hi there and welcome 🙂
 
hi and welcome fireman lovely welcome , have yourself a good browse and you will find we are all a great bunch xx
 
Hi and welcome to the forum.
 
Hi and welcome!

Hope you enjoy the forum. When I started using an insulin pump a bloke in my pump class worked as a firefighter and was starting on an insulin pump, I had assumed that frontline staff in the LFB would have been excluded with type 1 (not because thats what I agree with, but because I know it is the case with the London Ambulance Service and the Met until recently). So it is really interesting to know how the occupations compare with regards to the frontline. I received another email from the LAS only the other week- I am in the exclusion criteria still for entry to the paramedic degree with Type 1 Diabetes. How dull and not very 2009/10!

Anyhow....enough shop and whittering. Welcome!
 
Hiya 🙂 im fairly new too, my son was diag type 1 at beginning of Nov.
 
Hi Fireman, welcome to the forum🙂 When you say you have been told you were Type 1 for 2.5 years, is that because you were misdiagnosed and they thought you were type 2 and put on tablets? I think we have a few who have been in the same boat if that's the case.
 
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Hi Fireman, welcome to the forum🙂 When you say you have been told you were Type 1 for 2.5 years, is that because you were misdiagnosed and they thought you were type 2 and put on tablets? I think we have a few who have been in the same boat if that's the case.
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Yes that is the case. I put up a good fight to stay off injections / insulin, because at the time I thought it would be the end of my job / world. I was exercising that much, was loosing wgt very fast, and struggling to keep my bloods downs. I was fighting a loosing battle and I knew it, and eventually gave in after an open conversation with my GP who was brilliant, so was all my family to be far. Anyway I started on insulin, was signed off work for 4 weeks until i got myself sorted. They took me back on full operationaal duties after 6 weeks, as I have total control and proved I was as fit as I had ever been. Going on insulin was the best thing I ever did, and would certainly advise anyone that was in a simular position to what I was in, not to fight going on to insulin. I got some great advise of Tim Hoy, a great man who helped me alot. Anyway, thanks for all the warm wellcomes, and a happy new year to you all, as I'm at work for the next couple of days
 
FIREMAN999 said:
Yes that is the case. I put up a good fight to stay off injections / insulin, because at the time I thought it would be the end of my job / world. I was exercising that much, was loosing wgt very fast, and struggling to keep my bloods downs. I was fighting a loosing battle and I knew it, and eventually gave in after an open conversation with my GP who was brilliant, so was all my family to be far. Anyway I started on insulin, was signed off work for 4 weeks until i got myself sorted. They took me back on full operationaal duties after 6 weeks, as I have total control and proved I was as fit as I had ever been. Going on insulin was the best thing I ever did, and would certainly advise anyone that was in a simular position to what I was in, not to fight going on to insulin. I got some great advise of Tim Hoy, a great man who helped me alot. Anyway, thanks for all the warm wellcomes, and a happy new year to you all, as I'm at work for the next couple of days
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happy new year fireman well done for finding us !
 
FIREMAN999 said:
Yes that is the case. I put up a good fight to stay off injections / insulin, because at the time I thought it would be the end of my job / world. I was exercising that much, was loosing wgt very fast, and struggling to keep my bloods downs. I was fighting a loosing battle and I knew it, and eventually gave in after an open conversation with my GP who was brilliant, so was all my family to be far. Anyway I started on insulin, was signed off work for 4 weeks until i got myself sorted. They took me back on full operationaal duties after 6 weeks, as I have total control and proved I was as fit as I had ever been. Going on insulin was the best thing I ever did, and would certainly advise anyone that was in a simular position to what I was in, not to fight going on to insulin. I got some great advise of Tim Hoy, a great man who helped me alot. Anyway, thanks for all the warm wellcomes, and a happy new year to you all, as I'm at work for the next couple of days
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HNY to you to
 
Hello and welcome to the forum. 🙂
 
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