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<blockquote data-quote="Jamesgib22" data-source="post: 1066948" data-attributes="member: 272154"><p>I work a stressful job (Chartered accountancy practice) at the beginning my diabetes didn’t affect my work life much at all I was able to keep on top of my work and charge my 7.5 hours a day 5 days a week. However as I progress the stress of work has meant my control of blood sugars is not as stable as it once was. I eat small and often and my hba1c was sitting at 6.2 but has slowly started to increase due to work stress. If I go low in work my employer requests I work up the time after hours and the same for if I take 5 minutes to eat I need to work up the time after hours. We are allowed 1 hour for lunch which i find myself most days having to eat and work through in order to just keep on top of my workload. I am completely lost in this battle and the more I dwell on it the more stressed out I get and the worse my control is. My question really is, my employer views making my time up at the end of the day to cover my need for injecting, testing, eating and going low as a reasonable adjustment. However I have no argument against that as I am unsure as to what a reasonable adjustment actually is. Could someone please shed some light on this for me?</p><p>I train daily to ensure my health is as good as can be therefore requesting me to work up my time after work puts pressure on me to make the gym in time to get home and prepare meals for the next day.</p><p>Vicious circle and I probably sound like a right whinge..<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jamesgib22, post: 1066948, member: 272154"] I work a stressful job (Chartered accountancy practice) at the beginning my diabetes didn’t affect my work life much at all I was able to keep on top of my work and charge my 7.5 hours a day 5 days a week. However as I progress the stress of work has meant my control of blood sugars is not as stable as it once was. I eat small and often and my hba1c was sitting at 6.2 but has slowly started to increase due to work stress. If I go low in work my employer requests I work up the time after hours and the same for if I take 5 minutes to eat I need to work up the time after hours. We are allowed 1 hour for lunch which i find myself most days having to eat and work through in order to just keep on top of my workload. I am completely lost in this battle and the more I dwell on it the more stressed out I get and the worse my control is. My question really is, my employer views making my time up at the end of the day to cover my need for injecting, testing, eating and going low as a reasonable adjustment. However I have no argument against that as I am unsure as to what a reasonable adjustment actually is. Could someone please shed some light on this for me? I train daily to ensure my health is as good as can be therefore requesting me to work up my time after work puts pressure on me to make the gym in time to get home and prepare meals for the next day. Vicious circle and I probably sound like a right whinge..:( Thanks [/QUOTE]
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