i was really certain about going into the army but only the other day i discovered i cant join because they dont employ diabetic people. how unfair is that?
Then i thought about joining the police force, but guess what they dont employ diabetic people aswell. It really unfair because diabetes is not even rare it is so common and with jobs like these not employing diabetics it leaves a huge chunk of people not able to do jobs like this.
I am about to apply for a job as part of my 6th form UCAS application and am not really intrested in any other things.My teachers dont seem to understand that what i grew up wanting to do cant suddenly change!
You can still become a police officer. Might depend on the city and or limit jobs on the city.
Hi Senna - I don’t think it is true that the army doesn’t employ diabetics. On my DAFNE course, there was a T1 there who was in the army. It is true you cannot be deployed in a front-line combat role though - but then certain categories of people (including women) don’t get deployed in certain categories of jobs too.
In the States you can not enlist if t-1 but if you are active duty when dx you can stay in but you have a fight to stay in
LaLita is correct. You can. Select your military specialty well. Look at medical and supply specialties. Get in the service and then change your specialty.
If you want to serve, ask the members of your congressional delegation representative and two senators. They can light a fire under DOD that will make them sit up and bark.
Research diabetes and police. I believe I read about a Texas city having to “eat crow” and pay “through the nose”.
If the A1c in your profile is correct… a 10% A1c equates to an average blood sugar of 240 mg/dl or 13.3 mmol/L. I know that many times in instances like this that I’ve heard of, people can make a case for being able to enlist by proving they have good control over their diabetes. But a 10% A1c shows ‘uncontrolled’ diabetes. This is a liability for the army or police force, who may have to answer for your actions while on the job. If your blood sugars are very elevated, you may have difficulty in performing the job, and run a higher than average chance of going into DKA if you miss insulin injections. They aren’t willing to accept responsibility for this if you come to them with an already elevated A1c level.
Guys, she’s in the UK…