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<blockquote data-quote="spanglepig" data-source="post: 1848801" data-attributes="member: 307570"><p>I was diagnosed T1 on 1st December 2015, just before my 58th birthday. As I had been quite poorly for several weeks before diagnosis and had lost two and a half stone in weight, I told everyone. In the main and since then, as everyone who needs to know already does, it rarely gets discussed. If there are any new employees at work, they are told and advised that my insulin pens are not the same as epipens - if I have a problem, it will be because I need sugar, not insulin. The really amazing thing is how many people can't get their heads around it. Fortunately, I managed to get my blood sugar under control very quickly - my HbA1c was down to the target of 7 within six months and at the last test in April was 6.5. I don't see any problem with explaining to anyone that I have diabetes - get it out there, educate a few more people about the condition because, let's face it, people are woefully uneducated abot things like this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spanglepig, post: 1848801, member: 307570"] I was diagnosed T1 on 1st December 2015, just before my 58th birthday. As I had been quite poorly for several weeks before diagnosis and had lost two and a half stone in weight, I told everyone. In the main and since then, as everyone who needs to know already does, it rarely gets discussed. If there are any new employees at work, they are told and advised that my insulin pens are not the same as epipens - if I have a problem, it will be because I need sugar, not insulin. The really amazing thing is how many people can't get their heads around it. Fortunately, I managed to get my blood sugar under control very quickly - my HbA1c was down to the target of 7 within six months and at the last test in April was 6.5. I don't see any problem with explaining to anyone that I have diabetes - get it out there, educate a few more people about the condition because, let's face it, people are woefully uneducated abot things like this. [/QUOTE]
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