| Thank you everyone for your feedback and encouragement. Your kind words really have helped calm my nerves.
Sue M that document you sent was really useful in trying to figure out what would be a fair compromise for both me and my employer.
Dan G I do appreciate your comments and if this was a one-off then I would try to suck it up and just do my job. Unfortunately, I've done that too many times already as this problem has been on-going and I really don't like having to mistreat my body for the sake of their poor management. Also, as I work alone with vulnerable patients, I'm just not willing to get by under those conditions anymore. I've never felt the need to hide or apologise for the fact that I have diabetes and it's not a habit I really want to get into.
I think I'm ready to approach my department head tomorrow, but I'm going to approach him with a problem, not an argument. The head of department is quite a reasonable man and usually more willing to be proactive than my direct manager. I'm good at my job and it's in their favour to keep me. All I'm asking from them is to be able to do my job with dignity and to not be frowned upon for wanting to be able to take care of my health while I'm there. So, I am going to try a personal approach and not go into the DDA if I don't need to. I've come up with a couple of solutions that wouldn't cause a disturbance to the overall service, so fingers crossed they'll argee with one of those. I hate when things with simple resolutions get messy and hope I won't have to take it to that level.
Thank you again everyone, your support, understanding and advise is so very very helpful and appreciated.  | 
