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<blockquote data-quote="DavidGrahamJones" data-source="post: 1551979" data-attributes="member: 245335"><p>Thank you for wanting to do a very worthwhile and important job, I wish you all the very best in your endeavours.</p><p></p><p>It's never straight forward, as if being type I isn't difficult enough, being a paramedic is also very tough. I recently watched several programs from the "Gadget Show" series where they were coming up with different gadgets to make the lives of two paramedics easier and less stressful. The one element of being a paramedic that came across loud and clear was the irregular, long hours and the irregular meal times. </p><p></p><p>I'm sure with your determination that would just be a small bump in the road where you have to make adaptions to your habits to cope. I can see that something like a FreeStyle Libre would be invaluable, albeit expensive. I can understand why the powers that be don't readily accept everybody/anybody with type I. It's up to you to prove that it's their loss, you're made of stronger stuff, you have to prove them wrong. </p><p></p><p>After all the Prime Minister is type I, and she's got the futures of the whole country in her hands, I haven't noticed anyone objecting to that. She may not be leading us into a car smash, but something almost as bad.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DavidGrahamJones, post: 1551979, member: 245335"] Thank you for wanting to do a very worthwhile and important job, I wish you all the very best in your endeavours. It's never straight forward, as if being type I isn't difficult enough, being a paramedic is also very tough. I recently watched several programs from the "Gadget Show" series where they were coming up with different gadgets to make the lives of two paramedics easier and less stressful. The one element of being a paramedic that came across loud and clear was the irregular, long hours and the irregular meal times. I'm sure with your determination that would just be a small bump in the road where you have to make adaptions to your habits to cope. I can see that something like a FreeStyle Libre would be invaluable, albeit expensive. I can understand why the powers that be don't readily accept everybody/anybody with type I. It's up to you to prove that it's their loss, you're made of stronger stuff, you have to prove them wrong. After all the Prime Minister is type I, and she's got the futures of the whole country in her hands, I haven't noticed anyone objecting to that. She may not be leading us into a car smash, but something almost as bad. [/QUOTE]
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