Ok - under Food Standard Agency rules you must not attend work in case you affect the food when you have upset stomach disorders of any kind - print it off and keep it to hand. Also, look under the Diabetes Uk information Employment and Diabetes - your rights at work and under the Equality Act 2010 you have lots of rights where they have to be very careful disciplining you for your disability. I work for a supplier to that well know supermarket, and they would go ballistic if they thought I had gone to work and could have contaminated the food, therefore, they should treat their staff in the same manner - as a customer I would be livid if I caught something from you or you had contaminated the food by attending work. I know this as I get disciplined for not going in when I have blurred vision. I work at night in a food factory and when I have high levels, which I need to have to prevent hypos at work, my eyesight is the first thing to go, and I cannot and will not put myself in danger by driving in that condition, and nor should they expect me to, but each time I am off, I am subject to a disciplinary, which I then appeal and they overturn. This is all extra stress. I even got disciplined when I returned from absence after 2 years and having had pancreatitis which nearly killed me and yesterday was taken to hospital by ambulance as I thought the pancreatitis had returned, but I went in and showed them the arm band and as I had been sick I was not allowed in and they sent me home. I know, when I return to work, I will get yet another disciplinary. Utterly feel for you. We don't want to be ill. We don't want to lose money and we don't want our fellow workers constantly having to carry us when we are ill, but we are saddled with the illness/disability and they need to understand this. Fight it. Print off those things and keep them to hand. Join the Union, who will help you fight and they will advise you further. Mine have been worth every penny of the dues I pay.