Re: Re: Welcome Robert
  By: Robert Miles to diabetes on Sun Jan 13 2008 04:37 pm

 > The stroke that happened earlier. the same day I was diagnosed touched
 > me more.  I'm 58 and it happened when I was 52.  I haven't gone back
 > to work since.

Are you on disabilitiy?  

I have always chosen career paths that were not exactly friendly to diabetics. 
I started as a volunteer firefighter to raise awareness that with an insulin
pump we can do everything that anyone else could.  I had to fight to get them
to approve the training and they allowed me to go throught he volunteer academy
as a "medical" experiment.  When I pulled out another student
from a controlled
burn that went bad they realized I was serious and let me remain on the
department. 

I got my EMT license and worked on paid staff for four years until I decided to
try my hand at law enforcement.  I made it through that academy and worked in
corrections for 12 years.

I have only recently had to take a break from correcions not because of
diabetes... but because of the rampant MRSA staph that the jail frequently
carries... I kept getting skin infections that were painful and bad.

I'm now looking at a position with the Airport security department.

Allen

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