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<blockquote data-quote="catapillar" data-source="post: 1218178" data-attributes="member: 32394"><p>[USER=311777]@homer190376[/USER] that is a bit ... odd. What is it that you do? If you don't mind sharing. The only context I can imagine this happening is if you work in a healthcare setting...</p><p></p><p>I would hope they were just trying to be "helpful" and being a bit overly paternalistic. But you were the one there so, obviously, have a much better idea of how it might have been intended. And, no matter the intention, it's how it made you feel that's the important thing - and you feel victimised.</p><p></p><p>You might tell me I'm being overly optimistic, but I really hope they were just trying to look out for you and make sure you had everything you need to do your job safely for you. While it is probably best practice to have all your diabetic gubbins with you all the time, you and I both know it doesn't always work like that and if you aren't eating, a few hours without insulin isn't going to hurt/is actually entirely normal. Take a breath, and figure out how to explain that to the people at work, who don't have the benefit of the in depth knowledge of diabetes that we do. And probably just heard: diabetic + no insulin = panic stations (because that's how it works in the movies).</p><p></p><p>Edited by a mod as post referred to has now been edited</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catapillar, post: 1218178, member: 32394"] [USER=311777]@homer190376[/USER] that is a bit ... odd. What is it that you do? If you don't mind sharing. The only context I can imagine this happening is if you work in a healthcare setting... I would hope they were just trying to be "helpful" and being a bit overly paternalistic. But you were the one there so, obviously, have a much better idea of how it might have been intended. And, no matter the intention, it's how it made you feel that's the important thing - and you feel victimised. You might tell me I'm being overly optimistic, but I really hope they were just trying to look out for you and make sure you had everything you need to do your job safely for you. While it is probably best practice to have all your diabetic gubbins with you all the time, you and I both know it doesn't always work like that and if you aren't eating, a few hours without insulin isn't going to hurt/is actually entirely normal. Take a breath, and figure out how to explain that to the people at work, who don't have the benefit of the in depth knowledge of diabetes that we do. And probably just heard: diabetic + no insulin = panic stations (because that's how it works in the movies). Edited by a mod as post referred to has now been edited [/QUOTE]
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