When to tell?

I have accepted a new job. It's in a new city (half way across the country!!). It's with new people. New people who don't know that I have diabetes.

It was during my four-year tenure at my current job that I was diagnosed. I had no problem telling just about everyone in my very small office about diabetes. I already knew them and their personalities.

It's different now. I have a problem with going in to the boss on my first day and saying, "Hey, guess what..." I also have a problem with waiting three months until my benefits kick in, or even longer when someone sees me checking my sugar (or doesn't know what to do if I pass out) to say, "Oh, yeah, maybe I should have told you sooner."

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Wow. 

Today, I rediscovered the old adage "you can't always lose."   I wrote last week about some trouble I was having with my health insurance and purchasing a new insulin pump to replace my out-of-warrany Cozmo.   The past several business days have involved numerous emails and phone calls with my employer, our company's insurance representative, and the representative from Smiths Medical.  

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