I am type 2- and after a nasty chest infection my numbers were all over the place.
I had a hypo at work, felt grotty so managed to send urgent message to relative to collect me from work and they took me home. I tried to tell my line manager what the problem was, but I obviously wasn't making much sense.
I was signed off work for 4 weeks by my GP due to infections.
On my return to work, I have been in numerous meetings where the employer wants me to explain how and why this happened. It seems that I am to be given a written warning- with possible dismissal due to "my misconduct"- not clearly telling them what was wrong on the day, not clearly explaining what was wrong with me-and now they say that they don't believe that I wasn't well at all.
Yet I told them when I started the job that I was type 2 diabetic, and that was 2 years ago.
This is the first time that I hadn't been able to counter the hypo in time. It seems that the line manager thought that I was drunk. I don't drink so how can that be the case?
I am sooo fed up with reading and/or hearing about employers not understanding or disbelieving diabetics.
Perhaps we should ensure that all employers are given guide lines when employing diabetics.
I had a hypo at work, felt grotty so managed to send urgent message to relative to collect me from work and they took me home. I tried to tell my line manager what the problem was, but I obviously wasn't making much sense.
I was signed off work for 4 weeks by my GP due to infections.
On my return to work, I have been in numerous meetings where the employer wants me to explain how and why this happened. It seems that I am to be given a written warning- with possible dismissal due to "my misconduct"- not clearly telling them what was wrong on the day, not clearly explaining what was wrong with me-and now they say that they don't believe that I wasn't well at all.
Yet I told them when I started the job that I was type 2 diabetic, and that was 2 years ago.
This is the first time that I hadn't been able to counter the hypo in time. It seems that the line manager thought that I was drunk. I don't drink so how can that be the case?
I am sooo fed up with reading and/or hearing about employers not understanding or disbelieving diabetics.
Perhaps we should ensure that all employers are given guide lines when employing diabetics.