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Type 1 Using a mobile at work when at high risk of hypo

My work don't allow phones or USBs or even charging your phone within building.
We are allowed to make private calls on work phone as long as there is a genuine need to.
 
OK @Agnicha

I've had a think about this dilema.. I can apreciate hypoglycaemicia is a primary concern for you.

With regards to your job. Do you have set tasks to be completed in an allotted time..? If so? You could structure blood testing into the routine/schedule, thus never loosing track of what your BS is up to..? ;)
 
I can set reminders on my Accu-Chec Mobile meter, the Bayer Contour USB Meter, a pedometer and my wristwatch.
 
My fitbit is excellent for alarms. I can set them for different times, on different days, and it is a silent buzz, so very discrete.
 
I am writing this post in order to give you some information, just in case, when you'll have a similar problem as me. I really appreciate all your answers sweeties. But I already undertook some steps towards the main issue, descibed in original post. And the result is, I have had a few answers, from my diabetes team, from my local unions, from diabetic advocacy. Independently of one another, three different sources gave me the very similar answer. There's something like "Equality Act 2010" which defines how your employer is obliged to provide a reasonable adjustment at the workplace and further : " asking your employer to modify their policy that mobile phones are not allowed, would be an example of a reasonable adjustment under the Equality Act. By refusing to consider this reasonable adjustment, your employer is likely to be discriminating against you". That's only a fragment.
Probably, I won't go any further with my knowledge, only I will request to keep my mobile and the rest of my diabetic equipment as necessary. And I will keep calm. But please, be aware of your rights. You have only one life and one health, nobody will look after you until you'll look after yourself.
 
That's fair, but if there are good reasons why they can't allow it (official secrets act being one) then there's also limits to what you can do.
 
tim2000s said:
That's fair, but if there are good reasons why they can't allow it (official secrets act being one) then there's also limits to what you can do.
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I'm aware of that what you're writing and it has been consulted with my unions as well. Apart from that, local unions are placed in the same location where my company has a contract for cleaning and that's a fact which adds a "spice" to this situation. The limits are everywhere and I just can't use diabetes as a simple excuse for everything and for the fact that I live! In simple words, that's not fair. But in any point, where you feel unconfident, it's always better to ask (nobody can't punish you for asking questions) than act on your own before it will be too late.
 
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