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<blockquote data-quote="Fairygodmother" data-source="post: 1713699" data-attributes="member: 68789"><p>The ‘real world’ is full of people who sometimes can’t cope and they’re not all T1. It’s easy to think we’re useless at being ‘normal’ but usually the feeling doesn’t last and a good day or two may diminish yesterday’s wipeout. I know that [USER=441787]@NoKindOfSusie[/USER] may disagree as she’s in a bad place about T1. I hope that it all gets less distressing for her by the end of the first year of living with, it’s the tough stage for some.</p><p></p><p>I know how it feels to lose time to rotten blood sugars and have felt I’d been given less of a life than others. I’ve also railed against the hard work and vigilance it sometimes takes to get the balances all working properly only for something seemingly simple to throw it all off course again. I came to the conclusion that even though I’d love not to have T1 there was nothing I could do about that so I’d just have to make the best of it. And let people know about it so that if I had a hypo at work they’d know this wasn’t what I’d call the ‘real’ me.</p><p></p><p>You have a cause to pin yesterday’s event on. Mistakes happen. And you’ve already proved you’re good - wow, a First in History! What was your specialist area? I bet there were characters there who weren’t physical superheroes but more than coped with the ‘real’ world. How many Heads of State have there been with disabilities (it’s still early in the morning and I can think of two and a half - the half is the Russian one with alcoholism).</p><p></p><p>In the ‘real’ world T1 is recognised as a disability in the Equality Act in the UK and reasonable accommodation must be made. That’s not to say you need to feel disabled; we can do just about everything anyone else can, we just do it with a metaphorical naughty parrot sitting one shoulder.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fairygodmother, post: 1713699, member: 68789"] The ‘real world’ is full of people who sometimes can’t cope and they’re not all T1. It’s easy to think we’re useless at being ‘normal’ but usually the feeling doesn’t last and a good day or two may diminish yesterday’s wipeout. I know that [USER=441787]@NoKindOfSusie[/USER] may disagree as she’s in a bad place about T1. I hope that it all gets less distressing for her by the end of the first year of living with, it’s the tough stage for some. I know how it feels to lose time to rotten blood sugars and have felt I’d been given less of a life than others. I’ve also railed against the hard work and vigilance it sometimes takes to get the balances all working properly only for something seemingly simple to throw it all off course again. I came to the conclusion that even though I’d love not to have T1 there was nothing I could do about that so I’d just have to make the best of it. And let people know about it so that if I had a hypo at work they’d know this wasn’t what I’d call the ‘real’ me. You have a cause to pin yesterday’s event on. Mistakes happen. And you’ve already proved you’re good - wow, a First in History! What was your specialist area? I bet there were characters there who weren’t physical superheroes but more than coped with the ‘real’ world. How many Heads of State have there been with disabilities (it’s still early in the morning and I can think of two and a half - the half is the Russian one with alcoholism). In the ‘real’ world T1 is recognised as a disability in the Equality Act in the UK and reasonable accommodation must be made. That’s not to say you need to feel disabled; we can do just about everything anyone else can, we just do it with a metaphorical naughty parrot sitting one shoulder. [/QUOTE]
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