Re: Do you share?

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M. E.

I would alert the teachers, and just tell them this is to let you know that

if something happens, here is what the problem could be. I have shown my

Boss and co-workers how to operate my meter, and told them where I keep the

glucose tabs.. and told them if nothing else, get some straight up sugar and

put it in my mouth. School Adminstration should be alerted too, it is

better to be safe than sorry, you could find yourself in trouble and no one

knowing what to do about it..

I'd rather gross someone out by showing them how I use my meter than have

them not know what to do...lol...

Carmen

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How well controlled are you? If you are prone to extreme highs and lows, then

your professors should know.

Are you going to be living on campus? Your room-mate and RA should also know.

Re: [alldiabeticinternational] Do you share?

Ok which brings me to a question. When I am in college this fall should I

tell professors or not? Im afraid to tell them as I dont want to be thought of

as

different or as nuts as some college profs are, want to be thought of as

wanting special treatment etc... But what if I fell over in class? Im getting a

medic alert bracelet soon, and Im good about watching my sugars.

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metaylorokc@... wrote:

>Ok which brings me to a question. When I am in college this fall should I

>tell professors or not? Im afraid to tell them as I dont want to be

>thought of as

>different or as nuts as some college profs are, want to be thought of as

>wanting special treatment etc...

I cannot tell you what you should do, only what I did/do . . . I wouldn't,

and didn't when I went back to college as an adult (after I was T1) for the

reasons you cited. I always figured (still do) that dealing with T1 was my

responsibility, not someone else's, and I had to learn to live my life with

T1. Based on the fact that I get symptoms of a hypo (vs. just passing out

without warning), I don't advertise my T1 status but I always carry hypo

antidotes and make sure I pay attention to my situation (eating, activity,

etc.). My friends/family know but I don't advertise my T1 status to all and

sundry as I don't feel there is any need to do so. For myself, if (I feel)

a situation warrants apprising someone of my T1 status, I do, but that's

not usually the case for me.

>But what if I fell over in class? Im getting a medic alert bracelet soon,

>and Im good about watching my sugars but I get hypo easy and am worried

>what will happen with all the walking.

I would make sure I didn't; whatever it took . . . and wore a medic alert

tag just in case the truly unexpected did happen . . . as well as carrying

candy bar(s) and some carb snacks always (for me, my going-back-to-college

days predated glucose tabs but I carried sugar packets back then) as well

as glucose tabs (and maybe even the little frosting tubes, just in case).

The walking will definitely have an effect (certainly does for me) and that

effect may be somewhat delayed . . . i.e., if I walk a lot in

morning/afternoon, I will be hypo in the early evening if I don't

compensate with some extra carbs, etc. because of the higher activity

level. I choose to let BG run a little high (vs. too tight) in such

situations until I learn how my body/eating/insulin will react to new

habits and circumstances. For instance, I learned that, if I was trying for

" tight " control, even an unexpected extra flight of stairs could be a

problem . . . I learned to loosen the control, depending on the

circumstances, and compensate. After 25 years as a T1 I still run into " new

circumstances " (since rarely is anything absolutely " the same " ) but have

learned to deal with them.

Sandy

T1 - 1979