Hi
@Soph94, do the management at your workplace know of your diagnosis? Even if they do, it’s a good idea to see them when you arrive, or at the first opportunity, to let them know that you now have a condition that means you’ll need a little consideration, especially if you need to fix a low blood sugar, hypoglycaemia, or a high blood sugar, hyperglycaemia. The first will require a bit of time out while you have some glucotabs or jelly babies, and you’ll need to wait until your blood sugars are ok, in other words about 5 or above, before you’ll be safe to continue working. The second, hyperglycaemia, may require you to take some insulin to lower your blood sugars. I’m not sure what insulin, or regime you’ve been given but it’s more likely at this stage that you’ll have a set dose and will only really need to have time out if you go hypo, in other words if your blood sugars are too low.
You may also need to remind them that under the DDA and the Equality Act they’ll need to make reasonable adjustments for you. You might also ask if you can have a staged return to work, and do fewer days or hours for the first few weeks while you adjust. You may also still be tired and physically drained by the lead up to the diagnosis. Did you lose weight before T1 was found to be the cause? It can take a bit of time to recover from that and the real life changing nature of the beast. You will recover, and you’ll learn to manage it but it’s early days so even more reason to have that talk with management, especially HR if your workplace has one.
You may also want to tell your immediate colleagues that you’re T1. This is an individual choice, but I personally believe it makes life easier for everyone, and especially for you, if you let them know. If they’re decent they’ll look out for you. Mine did.
To make things calmer now, have you sorted out the essentials that you’re going to take with you? I always have glucotabs and jelly babies in my bag or my pocket, along with a blood sugar tester, insulin pen and needles. I also used to take my own lunch to work with me, or buy something with the carb count on the label (I’m retired now but had 42 years of work as a T1). Don’t worry if you haven’t got glucotabs or jelly babies yet, you can also use any kind of sweets or biscuits as emergency hypo supplies, and I hope you won’t need them and the biscuits will be stale before you have to eat them
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You didn’t say what kind of work you do.
Can you let us know? It’s quite a long day for you. If the insulin regime you’ve been given requires set times to eat then you can ask to be given that time.
I’m going to tag a few others who are still working
@porl69,
@karen8961,
@Mel dCP,
@Knikki,
@Robinredbreast,
@helensaramay.
Last but not least, welcome to an exclusive, lovely, supportive club. Hugs, stop worrying, breathe deep, count sheep, set your alarm and know that it’s probably much worse thinking about going back to work than actually getting up tomorrow and doing it.
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so yes had a lot of questions about me putting weight back on because I lost 6 stone prior being diagnosed type 1 (I’m body conscious anyway) and injecting and what food can I eat now ect.. 
