Hi guys
I have a bit of a problem with a friend at work who was diagnosed with T1 last November.I have no issues with people with diabetes, my Dad has T2,so let me give you a brief history on my friend.
He is 31,single, works on the night-shift and has no family connection with diabetes apart from a cousin 2 or 3 time removed
Pre-November he was smoking 30-35 cigerettes a day, drinking AT LEAST 4 litres of sugary Coke a day, binge drinking, eating processed foods and takeaways and starving himself for the rest of the month because he had spent all of hes money on the above within 2-3 weeks of getting paid. I know T1 is not related to lifestyle but looking at what he put hes body through,.....? :?:
Last November we noticed that he wasnt well, was tired all the time and was drinking more cola than usual. Being the First aider on site, i told him that he should go to the Docs as it looked as though he Diabetes and had better check it out as all the signs were there(tiredness,thirsty,weeing alot and blurry eyesight).Hes Doctor told him to buy some Iron tablets"That should do the trick"!!!!!!!Needless to say he done what the Doctor told him then ended up in the A&E 4 days later after hes Mum found him on the floor having a Hypo!
He is still smoking 30 a day,eating sandwiches out of packets and microwave meals that look like dog vomit and still borrowing money to buy food as he has spent all of hes after week2. We are only a small team of 4 on the shift which means we have an extra 25% extra work load sometimes as he is always in a "Hypo" or "Hyper" and has to eat or rest for hours at a time. We also pick him up pick him up or drop him off so he can get into work costing us an extra 25 miles each time and cannot even charge him for petrol as hes never got any money! A classic example was last night when he had only been at work for 30 minutes when he had a "Hypo", he at a microwave meal,slept for 3 hours then woke up and checked hes levels which were 2.4 so he had to take off another hour to eat and wait until hes levels went above 5. Thats 4 hours out of a 8 hour shift that we had to do hes work for him.
i know i look like im moaning but its getting to the point where the other lads are getting exsausted and finding it hard to keep on paying for him and covering hes work load when he blames hes Diabetes or says "My Bad" when he keeps cocking up. The company recently made 750 people redundent and are looking at our shift to make further cuts. We all have families.
He says he visits the Docs but does not seem to be coping.
Any advice would be great
Thanks
I have a bit of a problem with a friend at work who was diagnosed with T1 last November.I have no issues with people with diabetes, my Dad has T2,so let me give you a brief history on my friend.
He is 31,single, works on the night-shift and has no family connection with diabetes apart from a cousin 2 or 3 time removed
Pre-November he was smoking 30-35 cigerettes a day, drinking AT LEAST 4 litres of sugary Coke a day, binge drinking, eating processed foods and takeaways and starving himself for the rest of the month because he had spent all of hes money on the above within 2-3 weeks of getting paid. I know T1 is not related to lifestyle but looking at what he put hes body through,.....? :?:
Last November we noticed that he wasnt well, was tired all the time and was drinking more cola than usual. Being the First aider on site, i told him that he should go to the Docs as it looked as though he Diabetes and had better check it out as all the signs were there(tiredness,thirsty,weeing alot and blurry eyesight).Hes Doctor told him to buy some Iron tablets"That should do the trick"!!!!!!!Needless to say he done what the Doctor told him then ended up in the A&E 4 days later after hes Mum found him on the floor having a Hypo!
He is still smoking 30 a day,eating sandwiches out of packets and microwave meals that look like dog vomit and still borrowing money to buy food as he has spent all of hes after week2. We are only a small team of 4 on the shift which means we have an extra 25% extra work load sometimes as he is always in a "Hypo" or "Hyper" and has to eat or rest for hours at a time. We also pick him up pick him up or drop him off so he can get into work costing us an extra 25 miles each time and cannot even charge him for petrol as hes never got any money! A classic example was last night when he had only been at work for 30 minutes when he had a "Hypo", he at a microwave meal,slept for 3 hours then woke up and checked hes levels which were 2.4 so he had to take off another hour to eat and wait until hes levels went above 5. Thats 4 hours out of a 8 hour shift that we had to do hes work for him.
i know i look like im moaning but its getting to the point where the other lads are getting exsausted and finding it hard to keep on paying for him and covering hes work load when he blames hes Diabetes or says "My Bad" when he keeps cocking up. The company recently made 750 people redundent and are looking at our shift to make further cuts. We all have families.
He says he visits the Docs but does not seem to be coping.
Any advice would be great
Thanks