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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
Hi,
Has anybody out there taken early medical retirement as an insulin dependent diabetic?
Any advice?
Has anybody out there taken early medical retirement as an insulin dependent diabetic?
Any advice?
Yes. I feel that it is becoming more and more difficult to carry out my job with the pressure of the work and manage my diabetes. Long hours and unpredictability is difficult at the best of times.
Hi,
I am 47 and have 26 years service in the Police.
I hold a fairly senior rank (CI) our conditions of service are very complicated.
So in short I have pensionable service.
I now have maculopathy, although I have reasonably well controlled diabetes.
The question that will be asked is 'can I carry out the office of Constable?'
Or what would be expected in that role?
They are good employers and talk about reasonable adjustments etc.
So to that end I was wondering if anybody had taken early retirement due to diabetes and added complications. My fear is that within the work environment it is hard to effectively manage the condition and I'm really conscious of it getting worse. Hope that makes sense?
I'm on fast acting (novo rapid) and levemir (background), metformine.
Your profile says you are Type 2 is that correct?I have embarked on a low carb diet with some variety.
Getting into a regime under pressure is what I find hard.
Thinking about work issues, deadlines etc. while simultaneously remembering to eat, inject, test BG and the feeling (that's all it is at the moment) being left on the shelf with regards to progression.
I think I would find it hard to prepare for a promotion board, keep performing as I am, be posted elsewhere and effectively manage my diabetes.
I know a lot of people feel the same in other occupations as well, but it's the first time I have felt this way.
I have embarked on a low carb diet with some variety.
Getting into a regime under pressure is what I find hard.
Thinking about work issues, deadlines etc. while simultaneously remembering to eat, inject, test BG and the feeling (that's all it is at the moment) being left on the shelf with regards to progression.
I think I would find it hard to prepare for a promotion board, keep performing as I am, be posted elsewhere and effectively manage my diabetes.
I know a lot of people feel the same in other occupations as well, but it's the first time I have felt this way.
Great advice.
I am ambitious and previously probably over ambitious to the detriment of my own health.
Many years later and health complications (eyes) it may be more a psychological barrier than a doing one.
My sickness record is exemplary.
So is type2 insulin dependency a disability under the act?
Great advice.
I am ambitious and previously probably over ambitious to the detriment of my own health.
Many years later and health complications (eyes) it may be more a psychological barrier than a doing one.
My sickness record is exemplary.
So is type2 insulin dependency a disability under the act?