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<blockquote data-quote="jay1989" data-source="post: 1326091" data-attributes="member: 346759"><p>Hi all, </p><p></p><p>I am brand new to the forum and relatively new to Diabetes, only having been diagnosed a short while. </p><p></p><p>I wanted to get your opinion on a topic that's really got to me lately. I recently started a new job back at the start of October 2016 and through no fault of my own have had 5.5 days sickness, as I ended up with Ketoacidosis, and ended up being hospitalised, and Norovirus on another occasion. Today I had a back to work meeting and my manager questioned me on every little detail of my norovirus not believing it affected my t1. I was unable to eat and drink so of course it affected me more than an able bodied person. I have now been told if I have any more absences I must produce a doctors note. My understanding is that you can self certify for up to 7 days? I am apparently racking up the points ( Bradford factor) and is now making me worry. I said outright to them I'm not making any illness up, I need to be in work.. unfortunately diabetes is unpredictable.., they did not seem to care one bit. Now I'm stressing as if I'm ill again I will have to drag my self in to work.. or be faced with meetings. Any advice would be greatly received</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jay1989, post: 1326091, member: 346759"] Hi all, I am brand new to the forum and relatively new to Diabetes, only having been diagnosed a short while. I wanted to get your opinion on a topic that's really got to me lately. I recently started a new job back at the start of October 2016 and through no fault of my own have had 5.5 days sickness, as I ended up with Ketoacidosis, and ended up being hospitalised, and Norovirus on another occasion. Today I had a back to work meeting and my manager questioned me on every little detail of my norovirus not believing it affected my t1. I was unable to eat and drink so of course it affected me more than an able bodied person. I have now been told if I have any more absences I must produce a doctors note. My understanding is that you can self certify for up to 7 days? I am apparently racking up the points ( Bradford factor) and is now making me worry. I said outright to them I'm not making any illness up, I need to be in work.. unfortunately diabetes is unpredictable.., they did not seem to care one bit. Now I'm stressing as if I'm ill again I will have to drag my self in to work.. or be faced with meetings. Any advice would be greatly received [/QUOTE]
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