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Telling your colleagues about your diabetes

Some people are ill-informed about diabetes and may respond irrationally out of fear or ignorance.

A simple explanation about diabetes is all you need to give. If you do not treat your diabetes as a problem, it is less likely that your colleagues will. 

 

Reviewed: October 2010
Next review date: April 2012
 

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