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Originally Posted by soso  ...but we don't have the luxury of ignoring those needs. |
Put yourself in the manager shoes.
If someone comes to you and D E M A N D S that a certain action be taken, your immediate reaction is to resist in any means at your disposal. As you are not the manager, your superior can refuse your demand in any manner realistic - such as reduce your time at that position, or remove you from the organization. An organization is just that - an organization. Like our body - it is a very good organization. When my skin refuses to work, I can accommodate that or remove it. When the islets of langerhans refuses to work, I can ignore that or accommodate that with use of insulin. Work with the organization, or it will do what it can without you. From what you have said, it sounds like they do not like to have a demanding person in that position, i.e. your are a princess that does not like to work too hard.
Prepare for the tough day that you will have as the only person at that position, and take less insulin and eat more so that you run a blood sugar that is high enough so that you will not need to fight the ultimate work no-no - i.e. you go low on the job, and by yourself. Hey, in the organization, you expect some accommodation, and you provide some accommodation as required. You are required to work alone one day - work alone one day - we know you can do that, you need to prepare accordingly and do it. Show them that you are not that princess that does not want to work too hard.
I am no manager, but I realize that as the world economy falls further into recession, a job is a good thing to fight for as much as you can so that you can keep your job. As such, in doing insulin and as part of a number of work organizations for 35 years, I never let anyone know about my insulin dependency - that is my private situation, I don't know their private situation, it is not something to make demands about.
A demand, by nature, does not allow another person to offer assistance, and then, as such, demands are resisted. I am sure that if you examine your life, when you can assist - you assist, but when you are demanded to assist, you resist. Assist because you can, but never demand, when you know you can live with a temporary situation. In this case, eat more for a day, live with a bit of a hight blood sugar, and correct when you are outside the organization. Once it becomes known that you are N O T a princess that does not want to work too hard - they will probably want to accommodate your needs which you have made known to them. Until then, live with a bit high blood sugar so you don't fail in that position, and correct that high blood sugar when you can. Temporary high blood sugar won't kill you, but try to live without a job might kill you.
