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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Insulin
It's been a while since I was last on here, but I've found myself back on here. This past week I collapsed at work on Wednesday from the heat being inside and low blood sugar and yesterday from being outside for far too long with just a fleece to keep warm. Almost went hypothermic as I was freezing.
I've now been back working at KFC since May 7th and it's been 9 or 10 hour shifts and mostly my duties are to be out on the car park and control the traffic from 12 till 9 with a 30 minute break. My boss and the shift runner feel like I'm best suited for traffic control and it's been okay and I felt okay with it as well. On Wednesday when it was really hot, I asked the boss to put me inside as I didn't feel okay with being outside in the heat all day and he was fine with that. 2 hours into the shift and I was starting to overheat and my blood sugar dropped to 2.9. I felt okay after I had 3 cans of Pepsi, some food and lots of water, then continued on working.
Yesterday was different as I went to the other end and found myself on the floor shivering like crazy as I only had a fleece to keep warm and it had no zipper, so I couldn't keep myself warm. Was outside for 4 hours and I couldn't come in to get warm, otherwise the customers would just push in and I even told a colleague that I was freezing and asked them to tell the shift runner if they could swap me for someone else. They did after another half hour, but by then I couldn't even move let alone walk inside to get warm.
My boss then sent me home after I was warmed up and told me this morning not to come in, until I get a fit note from my doctor. I'm having to make sure that my blood sugars are above 10 before I start work and if I start to feel dizzy or confused, to just have a can of Pepsi or Tango to keep me going till I have my break.
I've now been back working at KFC since May 7th and it's been 9 or 10 hour shifts and mostly my duties are to be out on the car park and control the traffic from 12 till 9 with a 30 minute break. My boss and the shift runner feel like I'm best suited for traffic control and it's been okay and I felt okay with it as well. On Wednesday when it was really hot, I asked the boss to put me inside as I didn't feel okay with being outside in the heat all day and he was fine with that. 2 hours into the shift and I was starting to overheat and my blood sugar dropped to 2.9. I felt okay after I had 3 cans of Pepsi, some food and lots of water, then continued on working.
Yesterday was different as I went to the other end and found myself on the floor shivering like crazy as I only had a fleece to keep warm and it had no zipper, so I couldn't keep myself warm. Was outside for 4 hours and I couldn't come in to get warm, otherwise the customers would just push in and I even told a colleague that I was freezing and asked them to tell the shift runner if they could swap me for someone else. They did after another half hour, but by then I couldn't even move let alone walk inside to get warm.
My boss then sent me home after I was warmed up and told me this morning not to come in, until I get a fit note from my doctor. I'm having to make sure that my blood sugars are above 10 before I start work and if I start to feel dizzy or confused, to just have a can of Pepsi or Tango to keep me going till I have my break.