Shielding letter...

[Selly161]

Has any one had one recently they weren’t expecting...

thanks in lieu

michael

 

[Bruce Stephens]

Yes, see https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/well-i-got-my-letter-today.91602/

 

[trophywench]

Quite a lot of people - had no-one mentioned that all types of diabetes, are on the list of what is legally considered to be a disability?

Hence every man jack of PWD will have had such a shielding letter. Along with other things - our son in law had some kidney trouble, another friend finished treatment for cancer a good many years ago - all sorts of folk.

What's not to like? For people under the tender age of retirement it bumps them up the ladder to get their first corona virus jab. It doesn't actually signify you have to lock and barrier yourself in the house, only that it is recognised that if you get the Lurgy you are a bit more unlikely to survive - which has been the case all along with it anyway - they have been saying anyone with pre-existing health conditions were more at risk should they get it.

 

[helli]

Hence every man jack of PWD will have had such a shielding letter.

Not everyone with diabetes.

I know quite a few of people with Type 1 in full time employment (including myself) who have not received a shielding letter.
Maybe because we are united by our stubbornness not to let diabetes stop us living our lives to the full and the stubbornness required to manage our diabetes to allow this.

Or maybe because none of us are called "Jack"

 

[Bruce Stephens]

Maybe because we are united by our stubbornness not to let diabetes stop us living our lives to the full and the stubbornness required to manage our diabetes to allow this.

Doubt it's so individual. It's supposed to be using this algorithm (from our records) isn't it? So many of us just fall on the "not quite vulnerable enough" side of the line.

 

[helli]

Doubt it's so individual. It's supposed to be using this algorithm (from our records) isn't it? So many of us just fall on the "not quite vulnerable enough" side of the line.

I am happy being that side of the line.
For me, one of the worst things during the pandemic is being labelled as "vulnerable" as I have spent all my time with diabetes proving it does not stop me doing anything.

I understand we are all different and the shielding letters are a godsend/lifesaver to many people.

 

[trophywench]

Yeah - well so did I @helli but spose I've got to the stage and age where I've gradually had no option but to accept being considered as such by the Powers That Be, much as my brain thinks it isn't, it actually knows it doesn't work as well as it used to.

 

[helli]

@trophywench your response deserves a virtual, social distanced hug.
Your brain certainly seems sharp on the forum.

I still think of myself as too young (and stubborn) for any of that although my hair is starting to show signs that I am not as young as I think I am.

 

[trophywench]

Never mind your head hair - traumatic though that is. When those lower down grow wirier and grey you know.