From what I can tell, most people (ignorance is great fun - sarcasm here), if they canât âSEEâ a medical problem, in their minds, that person, a T2 in this case, doesnât have a medical problem. This same thinking applies to other medical problems like having a bad knee or a bad back or perhaps IBS or some other problem.
If they canât âSEEâ the problem, they think there is nothing wrong and expect you to do everything a ânormalâ person would.
For those ignorant people out there, if they hear the hype of some affliction, they automatically assume that you arenât able to do the job and either not hire you or not promote you or some other situation. While this knee-jerk reaction is bad, it does warrant some merit for legal discrimination. Such as an airline or fighter pilot, truckers that handle explosives and haz-mat, or other intense public safety issues. Letâs fact it. We are NOT normal. We can go hypo with medications or have other problem if too high, thus risking public safety.
In most situations, a cashier working for a chain store should NEVER be discriminated against on the basis of diabetes. Worst case for them is they pass out at the checkout and no harm to others would prevail.
Yes, there IS a lot of discrimination against diabetics out there. Many employers do not want the hassle or risk associated with hiring someone with a medical problem due to having to make reasonable accommodations, possible extended or regular absences from work, or higher insurance premiums, or similar excuses.
And then there are those who abuse their disease. They use it to shirk their responsibilities at work. And yes, there are MANY who do this, even non diabetics will try to do as little as possible.
There is a common denominator with T2 diabetes that people are overlooking. The use of preservatives back in the 1970âs for example. And other things like pesticides.
Maybe someone should try to discover the relationship between items used in the 1970âs that were banned in the 80âs & later versus the ages of T2 diabetics today.
I suspect there is a carbon atom that is the culprit. There are many isotopes of carbon too. Many forms of carbon are altered in a chemical process and we are exposed to those new forms.
Think of diabetes like this:
You have an old lock & key (AKA your body and insulin).
The lock gets worn out over the years and the key doesnât work well or at all any more.
You need a locksmith (doctor) to come fix it for you. They give you a new key (insulin), but the lock still doesnât work like it should.
The only way to fix it (not replace it mind you - you canât replace your body yet) is for a locksmith to come out, and replace one or more of the tumblers (atoms or molecules) in the lock. This isnât possible today, but may be soon once they unlock the rest of the gene mapping and finish developing nanobot machines to do the repairs.
Be forewarned that the use of nanobots can be easily abused by any government or company. They can be used to alter your brain and your thinking, turning you into mindless followers/slaves. Think âStepford Wivesâ here, in a way.
Nanobots can also benefit people by infusing people with superhuman abilities as well. Like the ability to heal nearly instantly, work without sleep or rest for an indefinite period of time (thus making companies more money and governments more tax revenue), super strength, IQâs into the thousands, many many wondrous things. And death would only be by accident. You could live nearly forever.
If the world can survive the next few years, we may even be able to experience the beginnings of no disease or afflictions.
But GREED and overpopulation will be our unfortunate demise. This planet is only capable of comfortably supporting 250,000,000 people, not 7 billion people.
Back to the topic - with unemployment being at or near record levels, employers have the unique luxury of picking and choosing their employees and making the work environment harsh. If you donât like it, there are 1,000 other people who would gladly take your job mentality. If you have a medical condition, they can simply ignore you and go on to someone who is more healthy - thus discrimination.
If I were an employer, I may be enticed into hiring only healthy people. Less liability and problems that way in the long run.
Another way an employer can discriminate is to instil weight restrictions. Perhaps make all employees be within their health weight range. Or an A1C of under 5.7 to prevent future insurance expenses.
Many things like that.
If everyone wanted to tackle many of these problems, they should start by becoming healthy, especially their kids.
Skip the fries and no more soft drinks. And of course nothing after 6pm except water. You would be surprised at how fast obesity and other medical problems evaporate in short order.
Many of the health problems today cannot be attributed to chemicals and such. Much of it people bring on themselves by their unhealthy lifestyle.
Letâs say you had a choice between a healthy T2 and a FAT unhealthy T2. Assume both were equally qualified for the job. Which would you choose as your employee? If you pick the healthy one, you are discriminating on the basis of body weight.
Ever wonder why airlines regularly discriminate against fat people and men regarding stewardesses? Itâs not only a gender excuse, but a body weight problem. Men and fat people weight more. It costs more to fly that extra weight around.
Personally, I feel that airlines should charge a base rate (say body weight of 150 pounds base), then add $5 per pound over that weight to cover costs. And if you canât fit into the seat you are assigned, then you be forced to pay for the additional seat. This is EXTREMELY fair. But some feel it is discrimination. Do you want to pay higher ticket prices because some fatso next to you can fly as cheaply as you when it costs more to haul their excess bodyweight around than it does yours?
For those who refuse to take proper care of their health, then they should be discriminated against, and HARSHLY too.
And no, thyroid issues can be corrected very easily. Abuse of insulin can be fixed easily too.
In Japan and China, employers make their employees perform compulsory exercises right before any shift. It works well too. But the American people are too coddled and refuse to allow this practice.
For me, I donât have to worry much about diabetic discrimination due to my situation. And if there is a problem, I simply explain it to them. If you have great work ethics, no matter what your disease or affliction is, you can easily be accommodated. But most people have awful work ethics like yakking on the cell phone during work hours, surfing the Internet for personal reasons during work, arriving late, not doing their job, stealing either property or time, etc. This makes employers suspicious of diabetics. They know itâs an expensive disease and may tempt employees to steal.
So, in summation, yes, discrimination abounds. But itâs not all the fault of the employer.
How about not telling an employer about your disease until AFTER you are hired? In the USA, no typical employer is allowed to ask you for that info, with few exceptions.
To pass a physical, just keep your A1C NORMAL (very possible for T2âs if they get their head out of the sand), your weight NORMAL, blood pressure normal, etc. Then they wouldnât have any reason to believe that you have a problem.
I got my A1C down from 6.8 at time of Dx to 5.1 recently. I have had normal A1Câs for the past 9 months. And I can pass almost any physical without suspicion. Diet and exercise is the key.
For me, I have a very defective 1st phase insulin release, and an inhibited 2nd phase. I use insulin to control that problem very effectively. Diet and exercise worked better than anything except I couldnât stop the weight loss. Insulin fixed that problem.
I would be happy to help anyone with their blood sugar problems. FYI: I am not a medical expert, just another diabetic who found a way to control this disease effectively. While everyone is different, the system I followed will work and anyone, diabetic or not. And the system doesnât cost a thing. I learned all of it from places like here and other places on the Internet.
You can avoid discrimination simply by not telling anyone anything unless you have to. And by keeping your disease well hidden by keeping under very tight control.
Oh, hereâs my A1C stats since I was diagnosed:
6.8
5.7
5.8
5.3
5.2
5.1
I gained a bit of weight over the winter, but can easily lose that should I choose to. Otherwise, no one would ever know I was diabetic unless I told them. Hence, discrimination wouldnât be a problem for me. Many of the people I know, know I am diabetic and either donât care or havenât got a clue as to the disease. They just go on about things as usual.
Hide your disease and discrimination isnât a problem.
I can help you with that as well if you donât know how.
Just contact me through here.
PS do NOT blindly listen to the âexpertsâ in the nutrition and diabetic fields. Most of them are totally wrong, especially the nutritionists. If 2 million sites tell you one thing and your doctor tells you another, something is amiss and warrants further investigation on YOUR part. Ignore it and only YOU are the one to suffer, no one else.
I will give you a hint- there is one âmagicâ pill that can help everyone. Itâs available almost everywhere. itâs called a MULTIVITAMIN! (got that one from the Dr OZ show - lol)
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