thoma@reed.UUCP (Ann Muir Thomas) (04/04/85)
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Hello again, the letters keep rolling in. Thanks again for
all your encouragement!
There are 2 issues that keep coming up. One is telling
employers about any non-visible disability. I wouldn't hesitate
to do so; the question is when. I feel that if I tell an
interviewer that I'm diabetic, they may automatically eliminate
me as a prospective employee. On the other hand, if I don't
tell them and they find out later, they might label me as
dishonest. I wear a Medic-Alert bracelet which is quite
noticeable (as it should be: if you found me passed out
somewhere, it would help in getting the right treatment going!)
and I really don't feel comfortable without it, so someone
is going to notice it sooner or later. The second issue is the
"horror stories" about diabetics passing out and causing
confusion if not harm to others. It's never happenned to me
although I've been close; in my ninth grade biology class, I
started having a reaction and the teacher refused to let me go
to the nurse, so I waited as long as I could and ended up
walking out of the class. You'd think a biology teacher might
know something about health :-)
Ann Muir-Thomas
"I'll be mellow when I'm dead!"-weird Al via Tony F.