Trying to get my job to work with my necessary medical accommodations...

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I'm hoping that the letter I got from my doctor today will finally get my schedule at worked locked down instead of being all over the damn map like it has been for entirely too long.

All of my readings were entirely too high and my doctor is amazed that I'm still walking around. We had a chat about my health since my last appointment and she is absolutely dismayed with how bad my overall health has been, and she says it's got everything to do with my diabetes being completely out of control.

When I take the letter into work I am pretty sure that I will still have a fight on my hands because I can guarantee that they will not understand how my medication schedule is supposed to work. My first and last dose each day needs to be twelve hours apart and are not supposed to change from day to day or even week to week. For example, I used to take my first dose at 8am and my last dose at 8pm, and my middle dose halfway between those, and that schedule remained the same for ages, and while my blood sugars weren't perfect, they sure as hell weren't as high as 16mmol like they are now!

What I need is a schedule where I get my lunch at the halfway mark of my day so I can take my mid-day dosage on time every day, and then fit my morning and evening doses in six hours on either side. And my lunch break cannot be screwed with either. I don't really give too much of a shit about my other two breaks, but my lunch break is the really important one I have to make sure is at the same time each day, even if it means I take my meds while on a call that runs into my scheduled lunch break and then run to get food as soon as I'm finished the call. And none of this bouncing around my daily start time - pick one and go with it. End. Of. Story.

But I can see work pushing back on this to the point when I have to threaten to sic the Labour Board on their collective asses.

Honestly, what has always worked the best for me is the 8am-2pm-8am med schedule. I have no issues with taking my meds two hours before I start work, provided that my scheduled shift never changes and I get my lunch at the half way point of the day. And that is going to be the kicker right there - I'm pretty certain work will NOT being willing to work with me on this. If they refuse, then I am going to report them to the Labour Board and also go to the media about their refusal to accommodate my very reasonable requirement..

Let's see how this all plays out, shall we?

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