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<blockquote data-quote="KK123" data-source="post: 2197720" data-attributes="member: 451727"><p>Hmmmm, it looks like your work is already doing a good job in accommodating you which is great (not all workplaces do). As for telling them that you 'need' to eat on the dot at 4.30 otherwise you will hypo will indeed make it sound like you expect work to totally fit in with your wishes. Have you tried adjusting your basal in order to avoid an on the dot hypo at 4.30, or as already mentioned take a small snack to avoid the hypo, ie a cereal bar. My view is that morally and legally your workplace should make REASONABLE adjustments and these are different for everyone but you also have to be prepared to change your regime to some extent providing that doesn't put you at risk. I really don't think you can expect your work to factor in another break if there is a way you can make small adjustments yourself. I work shifts and many others work all hours so personally, I reckon you have a good workplace and I would not want to push it. Maybe you could simply make sure your work know that you may need to throw in a few random glucose checks no matter what time of the day and act accordingly (whether with a client or not), that gives you some flexibility to do what you need to do rather than by the clock. When you ate with your son are you saying you would inject and then have this hypo at 430 if you don't eat or are you always going hypo at this time having not injected? Tell OCC health that type 1 is definitely not predictable and so you need a plan that reflects that. x</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KK123, post: 2197720, member: 451727"] Hmmmm, it looks like your work is already doing a good job in accommodating you which is great (not all workplaces do). As for telling them that you 'need' to eat on the dot at 4.30 otherwise you will hypo will indeed make it sound like you expect work to totally fit in with your wishes. Have you tried adjusting your basal in order to avoid an on the dot hypo at 4.30, or as already mentioned take a small snack to avoid the hypo, ie a cereal bar. My view is that morally and legally your workplace should make REASONABLE adjustments and these are different for everyone but you also have to be prepared to change your regime to some extent providing that doesn't put you at risk. I really don't think you can expect your work to factor in another break if there is a way you can make small adjustments yourself. I work shifts and many others work all hours so personally, I reckon you have a good workplace and I would not want to push it. Maybe you could simply make sure your work know that you may need to throw in a few random glucose checks no matter what time of the day and act accordingly (whether with a client or not), that gives you some flexibility to do what you need to do rather than by the clock. When you ate with your son are you saying you would inject and then have this hypo at 430 if you don't eat or are you always going hypo at this time having not injected? Tell OCC health that type 1 is definitely not predictable and so you need a plan that reflects that. x [/QUOTE]
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