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keris12

keris12

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Hey .. im 19 & was dignoused with diabetes 3 months ago .. coping realy good .
but mu question is ive just been offered a new job start this week and i am unsure if i have to inform them that i am a diabetic ? would be realy greatful for a bit of help 🙂 thanks xxx
 
Hi Keris, welcome to the forum. What sort of job is it? It would be better to let them know so that they are aware of it, plus - should it be necessary - they would have to make reasonable adjustments so that you can, for example, take a little time out to test or treat a hypo. Honesty is always the best policy. Diabetes doesn't mean you can;t do the job as well as anyone else, particularly when you are coping with it well as you say, so better that work are informed. 🙂
 
Hi Keris and welcome to the forum 🙂

Glad to hear you are coping so well, and now you have all of us on here as well.

With regards to your diabetes and working, I don't put my diabetes on application forms, but I do when I've had my offer and I'm filling out the new starter forms. I've never felt the need to tell someone when just having an interview, and I wouldn't want anyone to mis-judge. BUT I would want people who I'm going to be around most of my day to be aware that I'm diabetic, just in case.

I would recommend for your own safety you tell them, but you do not have to. I find it's always useful for those I work close with as to why I might seem a little spaced out and stuffing my face....or potentially nearly falling asleep at my desk! 😛

Let us know what you decide! 🙂
 
hey thnks for replying . its a job in a clothes store, being only recently dignoused im abit Afraid of what they can do :/ i didnt mention it in my interview.
 
Hi keris
Yes tell them why not? it is nothing to be ashamed of and your new employer could offer you support and help if it is any company worth working for they would e glad of your honesty and there are probably others with diabetes who work there.
good luck with your new job🙂
 
Hi Keris!

Welcome to the forum! I'm 19 too and am studying at university at the moment. I had a part-time job for a short period of time, and I did tell my employer. In my interview, I was asked if there was anything else I'd like to ask, and that was when I mentioned it. They very much appreciated my honesty, and more importantly, it's essential to you to have someone aware of it, especially as you are very recently diagnosed.

I hope it all goes well! If you ever need a chat, feel free to pm me.

Vicki 🙂
xxx
 
Heya .thanks everybody, I feel abit better about telling them now.also nice to know that theres somwer I cn go to talk 🙂 most of my friends and family havnt realy known any1 with diabetes . So.can be difficult especially when it comes to questions I need help on 🙂 xx
 
keris12 said:
Heya .thanks everybody, I feel abit better about telling them now.also nice to know that theres somwer I cn go to talk 🙂 most of my friends and family havnt realy known any1 with diabetes . So.can be difficult especially when it comes to questions I need help on 🙂 xx
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You'll usually find someone here who can help Keris, so ask away if something is bothering or confusing you 🙂
 
I was the same as you at the start. I knew no one with type 1 diabetes, but this forum has always been there when I've had questions or just needed a bit of a pick-me-up. And I've also got talking to a few students on here too, which has been really nice. There's nothing worse than feeling alone, so just post away, or like I've said, drop me a pm!

Vicki 🙂
xxx
 
I think it's very important you tell them, because there will be times you will need to test and treat hypos so have to leave the shop floor without giving notice and you will also need to have your breaks on time.
 
Keris - it's your choice whether or not you tell them. But you can only ask for adjustments if you explain your situation - the fact that you didn't mention it at interview doesn't matter, especially as it sounds like interview was during your diagnosis / starting treatment period?

Whatever you do, ensure that you always have sweets in you pocket, so that you can eat some sugar if you feel yourself going low. Finding keys for a locker (for example) can take too long, and co-ordination is not at its best if going hypoglycaemia. If there's any doubt about mealtimes, then test blood glucose before eating, but don't inject short acting insulin until you have finished eating. If there's no chance of being called away from a meal break, then you can inject first, then eat.
 
Welcome from me, and good luck in the new job.........:D
 
Heya just thought id let you all now i started my job today and they were absoultly fine about my diabetes 🙂 even offerd to take me for food if i ever need to wen im in work and told me they will leave a bar of choco in the fridge if i ever need it 🙂 so pleased and loved my first day x
 
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Heya just thought id let you all now i started my job today and they were absoultly fine about my diabetes 🙂 even offerd to take me for food if i ever need to wen im in work and told me they will leave a bar of choco in the fridge if i ever need it 🙂 so pleased and loved my first day x
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That's great news Keris, really pleased to hear it and glad you enjoy the job! 🙂 Nice gesture about the chocolate, but it isn't the best treatment if you have a low blood sugar - jelly babies or full-sugar coke (or similar) would be better. The fat in chocolate means it is slower to digest so might not work quickly enough for a hypo 🙂
 
keris12 said:
Heya just thought id let you all now i started my job today and they were absoultly fine about my diabetes 🙂 even offerd to take me for food if i ever need to wen im in work and told me they will leave a bar of choco in the fridge if i ever need it 🙂 so pleased and loved my first day x
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Welcome to the forum Keris 🙂 Glad to hear your first day went well and the people at your new job sound lovely! xx
 
Hey thanks for all the advice. Im so pleasd they wer fine about it, not many people know that I am diabetic , so not realy sure how some people may react 🙂 x
 
They can react how they like Keris, it won't make any difference to you.

If they 'don't like it' - they can just flipping lump it - and it's their problem not yours!

So if you show you don't care what they think, then they'll just have to accept it ..... otherwise they might find they are discriminating against you - and THAT is against the law! :D
 
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