Love Diabetes: Back to School Diabetes and Bullies

[smiley2smiley96]

I have type 1. When i started high school i decided just to do everything myself. My class all knew i had diabetes so i just checked in class and all my teachers understood. But this was my choice

[peaceloveandballet]

i SO agree. im 16 and during this past school year i decided against the chain reaction of thinking i feel low, thinking about if it's worth the trouble to make a scene in the classroom, decide its worth the trouble to make a scene in the classroom, ask the teacher for permission to save my life, take a five minute stroll down the hallway and finally arriving in the clinic. i FINALLY just tested and corrected when i needed to. im so glad i did, its my health and i have the right to control it.

[AllieBeatty]

Kudos to the kids who buck the trend and check wherever and whenever! Case in point is this if doctor agree that checking your sugar is paramount to good control there should not be a set of parameters (i.e, nurses office visit) to justify the blood sugar is low enough.

[kcld54]

I appreciate this. my boyfriend is affected by type1 only diagnosed at age 19 last year; and i had a few friends who were type 1 and the same policy at our high school was there and the schools below and those kids refused - they checked it in class told the teacher to ignore the beep and did what they needed - some administrators complained but they did anyway; most places school nurses arent even allowed to administer glucagon shots but they can an EPI PEN? people should be trained to know how

[vinceed9]

Diabetes FTW!!

[DiabetesGirl3145]

THANK YOU!!! When I am low, i feel like crap already, then I have to tell the teacher in front of the entire class and feel even worse. I think that we should be alowed to test and treat in the class room. Thank you for posting this video.

[belliott6969]

nice vid.. teachers always get cut at me when i eat glucose in class, although i tell them on a regular basis that im diabetic.

[DiabetesGirl3145]

really?

[steffany4lyfe]

amen to that!

you what some real beef? right ive just made a blog about my own experiences with diabetes just now with more details but my first secondary school (which i left) wouldnt let me do my injection at lunch in the lunch hall, or in a classroom and because there was no medical room as such there i was forced to do my injection in the TOILET.

yes thats right THE TOILET.

its gross i know.

luckily i am in a much better school now and they are fantastic with my diabetes!

[qhloejill]

How do propose the schools should handle situations like the one you described?

[AllieBeatty]

Absolutely! It's also the reason why the death rate due to hypoglycemic unawareness is rising. The blood glucose (from a finger stick) and the blood glucose in the brain are usually about 40 mg/dL different. If your finger stick says your bG is 50 - your brain is probably a bG of 10 mg/dL. Remember -- if your brain is 0 mg/dL it's an official flatline...aka "braindead"

[n310ea]

Is it possible for a person (whether a child or adult) to have a low blood sugar, but feel fine?

[xjoecool123x]

n310ea hi i have type 1 diabetes and the only way that you can feel normal with a low blood glucose is if you have lows very frequent in which case the lows feel normal to you.

[walkdru]

its seems to be happening everywere i was told the other day i could not enter a cafe shop toilet when i was low with my pen in case i was a drug user, turns out to be a customer who seen the end of my novorapid box of needles in my bag and informed the manager had to stand up and show him i was a t1 diabetic so fed up of people telling me also i got diabeties by my diet an lifestyle when i am a ex army service man before i got the condition of diabetes.

[Travisevian]

Thank you for raising awareness. I was diagnosed with hypoglycemia in 2003. Unlike the medical industry, I don't endorse treating low blood sugar with refined carbohydrates. In my experience, it makes the symptoms worse & in the long term is detrimental to general health & well-being. Small, frequent meals/snacks containing protein & complex carbs have helped me more than anything. It's also beneficial for maintaining weight, blood sugar and increases the metabolism.

~Travis Evian~

[jonesr999]

Excellent video, Allie!

[AllieBeatty]

Hey Toranacar and Sachabest! Thanks for commenting :) My school was always supportive of my "D" too. I don't know what is causing this "change of heart" within schools, these days. The severity of lows is misunderstood - putting the person at greater risk. I'm just trying to make the world a little more aware and cautious of diabetes issues. Again -- thank you so much for commenting!

[Sachabest]

Always carried glucose on me even when diagnosed at age 7. Teachers always very supportive and helpful, actually remember all the teachers had a meeting to understand my condition! had a hypo box in the fridge at both my first and second school too and was easy to leave a lesson independently to access my snacks. Allie i think you do a great job here on you tube highlighting diabetes!

[toranacar]

Back in 1983 (when I was diagnosed) I was basically made to go to the teacher and ask her for glucose tablets when I had a hypo. That was a little bit scary/embarrassing on its own, until one day I had a hypo I think twice in a row and she got really pissed about it as if I was some sort of hindrance. After as a child I didn't dare ask her for glucose tablets, I just waited out my hypos until morning tea as I didn't want to be roused on by the teacher again. I carried my own glucose soon after.

[toranacar]

My point also being, I think it was better and easier to carry my own glucose/candy or what ever, than get up and get tested and ask for something I already know about. A child basically knows when he or she has a hypo. Allie this sounds like it has stemmed from a legal threat, perhaps a parent got pissed at a school in relation to a Childs medical condition?? Diabetes? Unfortunately ignorance from some schools has been implemented. How sad. Kids surprisingly can take care of them selves.

[toranacar]

When a child is trained to follow a particular rule, that is, when you feel a hypo take a little glucose/candy, a child normally learns this rule quite quickly from the parent.

Schools should just stay out of the Childs business sometimes.