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AndBreathe, and everyone else, You have been more help than I can have ever imagined. It maybe that I was/am in a 'rut'. I am ambitious and I do expect to be shouted at and abused and do and have dealt with stuff that would make your eyes water. I expect that it's my job and I'm happy to...

Great advice. I am ambitious and previously probably over ambitious to the detriment of my own health. Many years later and health complications (eyes) it may be more a psychological barrier than a doing one. My sickness record is exemplary. So is type2 insulin dependency a disability under...

I think I will. Thanks all so far. Is reassuring.

I have embarked on a low carb diet with some variety. Getting into a regime under pressure is what I find hard. Thinking about work issues, deadlines etc. while simultaneously remembering to eat, inject, test BG and the feeling (that's all it is at the moment) being left on the shelf with...

I'm on fast acting (novo rapid) and levemir (background), metformine.

Hi, Been diabetic for some 17 years. Insulin dependent for about 5 years. My pension is based on 30 years service and I am due to retire in 2020 anyway. My pension contributions are huge. I am to see occupational health and my manager has asked the question about whether I can...

Hi, I am 47 and have 26 years service in the Police. I hold a fairly senior rank (CI) our conditions of service are very complicated. So in short I have pensionable service. I now have maculopathy, although I have reasonably well controlled diabetes. The question that will be asked is 'can...

Yes. I feel that it is becoming more and more difficult to carry out my job with the pressure of the work and manage my diabetes. Long hours and unpredictability is difficult at the best of times.

Hi, Has anybody out there taken early medical retirement as an insulin dependent diabetic? Any advice?