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<blockquote data-quote="Tinkleberry" data-source="post: 2197705" data-attributes="member: 514907"><p>Ok this will be a long post so please bare with me...</p><p></p><p>I'm currently finishing my maternity leave and going back to work after 16 months off. I was however, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes during my mat leave. I am also going back to work pregnant again (it was planned and I know I'm crazy haha). My worry is I conduct interviews at work all day long and have a full diary of customers. I only have half an hour for lunch and the rest of the time I'm supposed to be interviewing and customer facing.</p><p>My issues are I have to inject half an hour before I eat so by the time I inject I will be finishing my lunch (my boss has allowed me to close my diary for an hour to compensate this). Great 1 issue solved. Now the other issue is I will be working until 5 and I normally eat dinner with my son at 4.30. so like clockwork if I don't eat by 4.35 I will be having a hypo. How do I communicate this to my manager without seeming like I need to block lots of time out and just eat. They already seem stressed helping my lunch issue out.</p><p></p><p>Should I contact occupational health or try something else? Has anyone else been in a similar situation where work has had to make provisions for their diabetes?</p><p></p><p>Thank you in advance!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tinkleberry, post: 2197705, member: 514907"] Ok this will be a long post so please bare with me... I'm currently finishing my maternity leave and going back to work after 16 months off. I was however, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes during my mat leave. I am also going back to work pregnant again (it was planned and I know I'm crazy haha). My worry is I conduct interviews at work all day long and have a full diary of customers. I only have half an hour for lunch and the rest of the time I'm supposed to be interviewing and customer facing. My issues are I have to inject half an hour before I eat so by the time I inject I will be finishing my lunch (my boss has allowed me to close my diary for an hour to compensate this). Great 1 issue solved. Now the other issue is I will be working until 5 and I normally eat dinner with my son at 4.30. so like clockwork if I don't eat by 4.35 I will be having a hypo. How do I communicate this to my manager without seeming like I need to block lots of time out and just eat. They already seem stressed helping my lunch issue out. Should I contact occupational health or try something else? Has anyone else been in a similar situation where work has had to make provisions for their diabetes? Thank you in advance!! [/QUOTE]
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