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Message: <blockquote data-quote="desidiabulum" data-source="post: 269158" data-attributes="member: 39515">Thank you, wise people. I'm sure you're right that a discreet diabetes card in a wallet makes most sense - wil help me to think of diabetes more like a membership card/ credit card (or maybe a loyalty card -- there's a thought).Catherinecherub -- you're right I'm sort of 1.5-they-don't-really-know, but I usually find it easier to say T2 rather than trying to explain. There's T1 in the family -- hence people prodding me to have proper ID.Sarah -- everyday limitations I suppose relate to the job. Lots of stress, running round, long meetings, giving talks, and yet trying to make sure I exercise after lunch, and that I eat the right things -- enough to keep sugars down but not so little carb that I have hypo. It sounds pathetic but it's a daily balancing act, as stress makes sugar levels very difficult to predict, and can't afford pre-hypo vagueness or irritability if I'm lecturing or conducting a job interview. There have been some hilarious near-misses -- I will try to start an 'embarrassing hypos' thread some time (I actually had a borderline hypo when appearing on BBC1 recently -- would that have been a diabetic first?).</blockquote>

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