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Hi there, Thought I'd add my recent experience to this so you know you are not alone in feeling hypo dizzy. I have been diabetic for 24 years and in the last year or 2 I have noticed that dizzy spells can indicate a hypo. This had not been a hypo symptom until recently. Feeling dizzy doesn't...

Thankyou to all those who have sent me private messages about their experiences of these particular aspects of hypo behaviour and about how their employers dealt with this. I am boyed by the fact that everyone so far has won their case and that their employers dealt with it far better than mine...

Thankyou to all those who have sent me private messages about their experiences of these particular aspects of hypo behaviour and about how their employers dealt with this. I am boyed by the fact that everyone so far has won their case and that their employers dealt with it far better than mine...

I also found that the FDA has also changed the labels on statins as they can cause memory loss and confusion...so maybe it wasn't just a low sugar level that caused the memory loss and document confusion.

Hi All, I hope everyone is well during this hot spell:) I'd like to ask if anyone can give me some of their experiences of: 1) hypo memory loss, 2) if everyone having a hypo automatically takes their sugar level reading, 3) if people around them don't notice they are hypo, 4) if anyone gets...

I like your comment about "the things we have to live with". That's so very true. From my own experience and also of diabetics in general, I feel that we all try very hard to 'be normal' and to be upbeat and not let diabetes get the better of us or get us down. It's really unfortunate that non...

Will update once i have something. Huge thanks, S x

Hi Hanadr, Yes, all parties supporting me are keen to go to tribunal and they are astounded at the position taken by my employer. I am just taking every avenue that I can think of, so any further thoughts are very appreciated. S x

Thanks folks. To answer a few of those last queries: Thanks for that website info. From what you say I can ask the question for free and am not held to having to pay for an answer I find incorrect or unhelpful. No serious consequences arose from this misconduct. It is just a case of them not...

Those are good points. I have noted them and will voice them at the right time. I am also going to read the DDA so that I can familiarise myself and quote sections. x

Adrian and Chris, huge thanks for your input. I have now also contacted a few bodies (including the equality and human rights commission) who have agreed that I should be able to proceed to tribunal if comes to that stage. I hope that my employer has the wherewithall to make amends at that...

Thankyou. My company have known from day 1 that I am diabetic. Grounds for gross misconduct are deliberate, which would be true if I went out of my way to do something like this rather than it being an effect of a hypo. That's my point, that gross misconduct implies deliberate actions. If...

I have a lawyer.

Thanks. Your outcome certainly sounds a positive one. Its frustrating as they are also holding me to a restriction within my contract saying I cannot go to work for a.n.other competitor, even though they were the ones who fired me. My lawyer looked at this first and said they can't hold me to this.

Thanks for letting me know. Seem to be heading to tribunal. My lawyer said a disability clause which would be applicable here. Any other help from persons who are on this forum would be gratefully received, as sometimes we are more experienced than the professionals as we deal with it every day.