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Coronavirus and Type 2 Diabetes: Should we work or not?
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I work for the United States post office. I deal with a lot of customers. I have type 2 diabetes. I'm scared that I might get it
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Hello everyone, how are you doing? It sounds like many of you work in essential industries and are still at work. Thank you for doing what you're doing!
How are you holding up? Are you taking any extra measures at work or have they put anything in place to protect you? Are customers or your coworkers respecting the barrier gestures?
Take care,
Courtney
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I’m type 2 and been exposed to covid19 thur my husband was positive I’m having a test done this Tuesday I’m little afraid since my first text was negative
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Hi everyone, it's been a while so I thought I would come in and see how everyone is doing. Many states are now ending their lockdown periods and are reopening businesses.
How are you handling things as we approach a possible end to the COVID-19 lockdown? Will you or have you already gone back to work? Is your state extending the lockdown further? What are your plans? Do you think it's safe in your area for diabetics?
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Went back to work on 4/27/2020. I work in addiction medicine. We are phasing back, so only video visits in phase I. We are now starting phase two where new patients will come in for induction and then be seen via video. So, I think we are golden. Phase three is a month away. That’s when each clinician can have 1 patient in the building at a time. That will increase the risk. My office is so small that social distancing is impossible. I may ask if I can just keep doing video visits until the government says I can no longer do them...
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I going get some people mad at me But and People are still die everday from car accidents or from people die from cancer or people are taking the live or been murder are up. I wk. Instead hospital in housekeeping and then I got lisa. as CNA Clean HIV Rm back in middle 80 under sugary But went back school got my CNA for long time I seen many things come thought the doors, Rise 2 kids when Dr. Say sick with virus my kids I don't stop going to wk. But if I really sick I stay home and sometimes without pay. I been saying Wash R Hand with soap in water and if r sick stay home, Here Little joke Guys keep r,r sweetheart out billfold have a tape measure 6 foot that where she get in r billfold lol. Still believe old time Country family vs City family, Country alway because immunity help fight virus.
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Hi everyone, my wife works for a government contracter deemed "critical," so she still goes in to work and can't work from home. She's a type 2 diabetic but "healthy," meaning that I doesn't have any complications. Her BG is balanced, she's taking a "minimal" oral medication to handle it. Essentially she just feels like "everyone else". The problem is that all of our friends and her coworkers that know she's diabetic are always saying "she shouldn't be working, she should be off, etc." Should she really be off work?
She works on a small team and right now they've got them working in shifts so that not everyone is there at once. They're apparently keeping a distance from one another and they disinfect their desks when they get in, so I don't know if she's taking a risk or not by going in every day. We're both unsure of what she should do. Her manager knows she's diabetic and hasn't said anything about it, it's mostly just her coworkers and our friends.
What do you all think? We're really unsure about it all.
Thanks