Taking Care of Your Diabetes When You're at School or Work

Take care of your diabetes when you're at school or at work:

• Follow your meal plan.
  
  
• Take your medicine and check your blood glucose as usual.
  
  
• Tell your teachers, friends, or close co-workers about the signs of hypoglycemia. You may need their help if your blood glucose drops too low.
  
  
• Keep snacks nearby and carry some with you at all times to treat hypoglycemia.
  
  
• Tell your company nurse or school nurse that you have diabetes.

Sally, a 12-year-old with type 1 diabetes, loves her gymnastics class. She practices every day for an hour. Before Sally exercises, she checks her blood glucose to make sure it's okay to start her workout. If her blood glucose is too low, she eats a snack before beginning to practice. Sally has told her coach that she has diabetes. She knows that if she has a problem with hypoglycemia, her coach will be there to help her.

source: http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/type1and2/specialtimes.htm