Hi there!
Let me introduce myself and apologies for a probably lengthy post here.
My name is Michael and I'm 28, I was diagnosed with type 1 about 4 years ago, in my senior year of college. I have no diabetes history in my immediate family (not even grandparents and not even type 2).
Up until now i actually adapted pretty well to the disease, i am generally on a low carb diet and use lantus for my basal and humalog insupen for when i eat carbs, about once a day. I am pretty fit and i like to walk, run or do any kind of sport.
The problem is work, the thing is that before i was diagnosed i was training to do security work since before college ( state security apparatus, military and police, rescue services etc), in this regard i was part of a disaster intervention team of the Red cross and trained with them for 5-6 years under the supervision of someone from state security, i also play airsoft (something similar to paintball) for about 9 years now and do medieval reenactment and HEMA (medieval martial arts) since 2015.
So as you all see i was training for unusual jobs that put saving people or protecting them above all else, even money or my own safety. Even when i was a volunteer and people treated me badly, at the end of the day i felt i had accomplished something and my life had meaning. Unfortunately because of the disease i can no longer work in my desired fields.
Now for about 4 years i am stuck doing office ( at the request of my doctor) jobs which I sincerely hate, i like to move around, interact with people and when i sit down and do repetitive tasks my mind just goes crazy, also the fact that if i eat and have glycemia spikes i lose a lot of concentration for a few hours and sincerely can't do just as good a job as the healthy people. And i get some **** at work for this also. Also the fact that alto i work as a customer service agent for a Irish based Airline i get paid in...pretty much change doesn't help with the motivation either.
My question to you guys is... well based on your experience what can i do to either raise my work efficiency or if you know some domains in which a type 1 can work that aren't so static.
Thanks for your answers!
Let me introduce myself and apologies for a probably lengthy post here.
My name is Michael and I'm 28, I was diagnosed with type 1 about 4 years ago, in my senior year of college. I have no diabetes history in my immediate family (not even grandparents and not even type 2).
Up until now i actually adapted pretty well to the disease, i am generally on a low carb diet and use lantus for my basal and humalog insupen for when i eat carbs, about once a day. I am pretty fit and i like to walk, run or do any kind of sport.
The problem is work, the thing is that before i was diagnosed i was training to do security work since before college ( state security apparatus, military and police, rescue services etc), in this regard i was part of a disaster intervention team of the Red cross and trained with them for 5-6 years under the supervision of someone from state security, i also play airsoft (something similar to paintball) for about 9 years now and do medieval reenactment and HEMA (medieval martial arts) since 2015.
So as you all see i was training for unusual jobs that put saving people or protecting them above all else, even money or my own safety. Even when i was a volunteer and people treated me badly, at the end of the day i felt i had accomplished something and my life had meaning. Unfortunately because of the disease i can no longer work in my desired fields.
Now for about 4 years i am stuck doing office ( at the request of my doctor) jobs which I sincerely hate, i like to move around, interact with people and when i sit down and do repetitive tasks my mind just goes crazy, also the fact that if i eat and have glycemia spikes i lose a lot of concentration for a few hours and sincerely can't do just as good a job as the healthy people. And i get some **** at work for this also. Also the fact that alto i work as a customer service agent for a Irish based Airline i get paid in...pretty much change doesn't help with the motivation either.
My question to you guys is... well based on your experience what can i do to either raise my work efficiency or if you know some domains in which a type 1 can work that aren't so static.
Thanks for your answers!
. And where i live if you already are in the army or police and develop diabetes you will get reassigned to an office job in the same domain but if you already have diabetes and try to get that job it will be impossible.
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