Should cgm users be exspected to leave the cinema each time they want to check their levels on there phone?

[SB2015]

Why not deep diving? I know T1s on pump and cgm that do that, though they switch to injections for diving holidays.

I have misremembered if that is the case. Perhaps it is because I would never have wanted to dive that I took it as we couldn’t do diving. Happy to be corrected

 

[rebrascora]

@SB2015 I think Libre is only guaranteed up to 3metres depth or something like that. Doesn't mean it won't work below that but just that is what Abbott guarantee, so maybe that was why you were thinking deep sea diving was out.

 

[helli]

I have misremembered if that is the case. Perhaps it is because I would never have wanted to dive that I took it as we couldn’t do diving. Happy to be corrected

I too have a recollection that I read deep sea diving was one of the careers we could not do with T1. That and something specific about a postman. That was more than 20 years ago so nothing to do with Libre but the rules may have changed or we may have a collected mis-memory.

 

[SimonP]

I imagine saturation diving might be troublesome, but I wonder if it's similar to being an airline pilot in that you can't (afaiu) become one when already T1, but if you develop it while you're already one it's possible to continue (as long as you maintain very good control and obviously with very strict monitoring).

 

[Lucyr]

I imagine saturation diving might be troublesome, but I wonder if it's similar to being an airline pilot in that you can't (afaiu) become one when already T1, but if you develop it while you're already one it's possible to continue (as long as you maintain very good control and obviously with very strict monitoring).

My friend took up deep sea diving after getting T1. No problem, just switches to injections from pump for it.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

My friend took up deep sea diving after getting T1. No problem, just switches to injections from pump for it.

Great that your friend is able to dive @Lucyr I think the rules must have changed? Former and much missed moderator @Copepod wasn’t able to obtain a diving qualification/license (scuba I think?) because of T1. Something which she felt very deeply about.

 

[PhoebeC]

@SimonP @helli I believe T1D's can now be pilots in a few places - https://www.healthline.com/diabetes...t-type-1-diabetes#Achieving-a-childhood-dream
This person was diagnosed before he trained, and in the UK and Canada the rules have been updated too.

I do remember when I was first diagnosed reading in diabetes UK magazine about a firefighter who had to battle to keep his job after being diagnosed. Now we can do most jobs which I hope gives children a more hopeful view at diagnosis, we can do what we want to, its a lot of effort but there are less limits and battles with other blockers than there was. CGM have helped with this, as that link states.

 

[rebrascora]

I believe there are still issues for railway workers though as we have had a few threads here on the forum from people applying for jobs there.

 

[PhoebeC]

I believe there are still issues for railway workers though as we have had a few threads here on the forum from people applying for jobs there.

Well it does seem to be an industry that's clunky and behind the times so this doesn't surprise me.

 

[SB2015]

This discussions is a great reflection on how things have changed so much with the developments in tech.
Chatting to our hosts where we are staying, last night and they were asking what it was like before the sensors and pumps. Hard to remember now and I am only going back 17 years.

 

[helli]

I believe there are still issues for railway workers though as we have had a few threads here on the forum from people applying for jobs there.

I think this is an example where there is no blanket ban but the employers are very conservative.

I do think there are far less jobs we are "exempt from" nowadays. Diabetes UK says

Employers that don’t allow people with diabetes​

We’ve campaigned successfully to stop employers banning people with diabetes from applying for roles. But we still have work to do.

• Emergency services. Blanket bans have now been lifted for people with type 1 diabetes and people with type 2 diabetes using insulin. It’s now up to your local service to decide – they will have their own rules. For example, some NHS Ambulance Trusts have rules about people with diabetes applying for jobs as ambulance crew. You should expect to be fairly assessed against these rules by someone who understands the role and how diabetes is managed.
• The UK armed forces are exempt from the Equality Act and have a blanket ban on employing people with diabetes.

 

[PhoebeC]

Shame on the armed forces, I do understand why, but in certain roles which they have a lot of which are not front line / combat roles such as medical, logistics, intelligence, cyber, HR, legal, admin, translator / interpreter, photographer, musicians, trainers etc. I don't see how they can say no, I understand all are trained as soldiers but we can add value.