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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Q007" data-source="post: 445438" data-attributes="member: 73045">Good evening to you,I am extremely concerned, I don't want to make a drama out of a crisis but my brother lost his foot after an ulcer on his foot for two years won the battle. You must take a firm stance with your doctors more than your employers, I'm very worried you may well end up in serious trouble, please demand attention, do it Monday.I've been in senior management for many years, it isn't a requirement to volunteer information such as you being diabetic unless you're specifically asked to reveal medical conditions in, say, a medical questionnaire. Your employer cannot and should not discriminate against you for your medical ailments unless it is "reasonable" to do so. We once turned down a person who was completely deaf with his application for warehouse work, this was on health and safety grounds as he could not hear mechanical handling equipment such as a fork lift approaching especially from behind. In general terms, don't volunteer information such as you being diabetic at interview stage but a while after you've joined, a manager may not understand diabetes or not know what it is so to be on the safe side turn down an application. This is just my opinion based on what I've witnessed over the years.Personally, my deep concern is for your wound. Get that fixed and it also knocks the 'unsympathetic employer' issue out the air too. Good luck then,Q..Sent from the <a href="http://www.diabetes.co.uk/app/?utm_source=sig&utm_medium=txt&utm_campaign=appsig" target="_blank">Diabetes Forum App</a></blockquote>

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