Re: Employment and diabetes Home › Forums › Living with type one › Employment and diabetes › Re: Employment and diabetes 23 July, 2010 at 2:44 pm #10618 Annette AParticipant I think I dont ever forget I’m diabetic – it’s so part of my fabric of being that it’s part of my description (like name, age, haircolour, medical situation etc), rather, I forget that being diabetic makes me ‘different’ in the eyes of other people.