School

[Chase's mom]

How do you get threw school? does everyone know or do you go the nurse and get shots? What about lunch time?

[firefly29]

well at my old school I was allowed to test wherever but I had to go to the nurse for my shots. This year I'm changing schools and so I will have to go to the nurse for testing and for shots (which is why I'm getting a pump:) )

[nantomsuethom]

I am a school nurse.
I allow the older students to check their bgs in the classroom or where ever they need to. If they are pumping, know how to bolus and know their carbs, I allow them to do it all on their own and I am there for support if they need me. If they are on shots they come to the clinic. They can give themselves the shot if they can or I will give it to them, then they can put the needle in the sharps container. I lock the needles in my med cabinet.
I had 2 older students 2 years ago (Thomas was one of them) and they did everything on their own. I almost never saw them unless they needed to know how many carbs in the school lunch. Last year I had 3 kindergarteners (5 and 6 years old), they came to the clinic for everything.

[faithe113001]

I go to a very small school, and pretty much everyone knows that I have it. I can check my sugar whenever, wherever, in the classroom or in the lunchroom. I have a pump, but when I was on shots I would go to the office and take my shot, we didn't have a nurse. All schools are different as to what their policies are. I know of some schools only about 60 miles from where I live that don't even like diabetic students to attend there. You'll have to talk to you school about how they feel. It's very important for all your teachers to know you have it in case of a low or anything else. As for telling your classmates, that's a personal choice. I really don't care if anyone knows, as far as I'm concerned, if they treat me differently because of it, they're not the kind of people I want to be hanging out with. So good luck, I'm always here to talk if you need!

[hillhuck430]

I am on a pump also, and I test wherever I want to. In 1st-3rd grade I was on shots and I tested at the teachers desk and then went up to the principal's office to give my shot after lunch. My mom took it into the office every morning already drawn up because we would go through the lunch menu and figure what I was going to eat. We didn't have a nurse. Then in the middle of 3rd grade I got a pump so then my mom and I would figure out how much I was going to need to bolus and she'd write it on a sticky note and then my teacher would give it to me during lunch. That was like till 4th grade. Then I was pretty much figuring it out on my own during lunch. I am in high school now and I'm going to be a sophomore. We have a nurse and she is really nice. There are 2 other diabetics in my school and she gets us together for little diabetes meetings every month and we have popcorn and talk about stuff. I don't have to go to the nurse's office practically at all. The only times I went last year was because I got a no delivery warning like 6 times during 2nd hour so I had to go and change my set, and then one time during homeroom (which is right before lunch) because I dropped my pump on the floor when I was changing from PE which was right before that and it cleared all my settings.
In grade school (I went to a private school pre-k-8th grade) my whole class knew about my diabetes but I hid it pretty well. I would wear my pump under my clothes and stuff and I didn't want people to know. Last year I saw the other girl in my grade with the same pump as me and she was really outgoing and confident, and I decided to not hide it anymore and I started wearing my pump on my belt.

[Desert_Coyote93]

I go to a home school.
the reason for this is the nurse was only at the school twice a week and they would not let me check my blood sugar in class or let me give myself insuline unless I left class and went to the office. This resulted in me missing a lot of my class time and I would fall behind and my grades would suffer.

[misscaitp]

The school I go to has about 2000 kids so it is kind of impossible for everyone to know(the county thought we had more room to have 100 more students). My friends know though and my sister's friends.

I have to go down to the nurse for test and shots. They consider the lancet a weapon. So I miss about 15-20 minutes of class time a day.

For lunch I leave class 5 minutes early because there are 4 lunches 500 students in each and if your not there 2 minutes after they dismiss you to lunch you'll be in line for 20 minutes and end up not eating.

I have had three conflicts: not being allowed to eat on the bus, not being able get lunch, and almost getting a detention for going to the nurse. But i don't mind my mom takes care of everything.

There are about 10 diabetics at our school.

[s0ccerfreak]

Pretty much everyone at my school knows i'm diabetic. I go to a small private school, we have about 150 students. All of the staff also knows, now if they remember what my 504 says I'm allowed to do that sometimes is a different questions. I'm allowed to test, bolus, eat, and give shots(if needed) wherever I am. We don't have a nurse, but i do keep some extra supplies in the office in case i forget something or my set comes out. There is only 1 other diabetic at my school(first time i've ever had another diabetic at my school), but she is on shots. For lunch, I test with about 5 mins left in class go to lunch and bolus at the table. I'm suppose to be allowed to cut in line if i have hot lunch and i'm low, but i have never done it because that just would take so much effort.