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  1. fatrats

    Diabetics and 12 weeks isolation

    just to add that fortunately work have agreed to this
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    Diabetics and 12 weeks isolation

    Hi Ross101 update: My husband had a shielding letter from his GP which now means I must work from home to protect him. My own gp still says that I can self isolate but need to use letter from nhs website, so not backed up by GP, so no use at work as far as I know. So I am at home at least. still...
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    T2 and shiftwork

    Hi My husband is shielding and I had to show work his shielding letter, which meant that I work from home for 12 weeks. This started only last week. My own gp will not give a letter for me despite my HbA1c being 80 very recently and my being a keyworker. Other people have been at home for weeks...
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    Diabetics and 12 weeks isolation

    thankyou. should be same for all. perhaps its just a communication delay. think I may change doctors if I survive this.
  5. fatrats

    Diabetics and 12 weeks isolation

    we spoke to my husbands gp yesterday. He was great. Spoke to mine this morning and they knew nothing but were sympathetic.
  6. fatrats

    Diabetics and 12 weeks isolation

    thankyou Ross. My gp sympathised but said I would have to use my husbands shielding letter with my employer. Diabetes did not count! All I want is to be able to work from home like thousands already are who have no underlying conditions.
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    Diabetics and 12 weeks isolation

    Hi my husbands gp yesterday said 75. unfortunately he is not my gp and my hba1c is 80 and my gp said they could not give me a letter.
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    Type 2 and shielding letter

    Hi Loopercat. My gp today says that my HbA1c of 80 is not highly vulnerable to me this morning. I am a keyworker in social care. My husbands gp put him in shielding category yesterday due to age and underlying illness and said that HbA1c of 75 was the number which made you highly vulnerable. I...
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    Copy of letter sent out to NHS GPs re Shielding (03/04/20)

    hi brunneria thanks for starting this thread. Also to Josie66 hi. Thanks for your contribution. I have hba1c of 80 and spoke to my nurse this week - she has never heard of this and could only say they have just sent out the first lot of letters last week. Being a key worker I feel very scared at...
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    Is Type 2 Coronavirus low risk

    Hi Brunneria I am a key worker with type 2 diabetes. My last HbA1c was 80 in March. Do you have any more specific link that you may have found about this please? Thanks
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    Type 2 and shielding letter

    Hi Loopercat am a newbie here. Trying to find out the source of that information as I have high sugars 80 last month and am a keyworker.
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    Self isolation for 12 weeks ?????

    hi am new here trying to find out about high HbA1c levels making you more vulnerable...if anyone knows please post x