Am I being unreasonable

[Wimms33]

My 14 year old daughter has been diagnosed with hypothyroidism. It is classed as a serious chronic illness and has to be treated with medication, daily, for life. She is very positive and cheerful and I am very proud of her.
My issue is with school. Most of her teachers have no idea of how serious this condition can be, and sadly, my daughter has got used to the rolling of eyes when she complains of feeling cold, tired, unable to concentrate, feels hyper, etc etc, the symptoms are endless.
Some mornings she really struggles to get out of bed and it is a huge rush to try to get her to school on time.
She has to take her medication when she wakes up on an empty stomach, and should eat between 30 - 60 minutes later, which often means that she has to eat in form time.
She has been told today, that she will have to leave the form room to eat alone, as her peers would wonder why they can't eat too!!!!!
Is it just me, or should teenagers see that rules can be broken when necessary, and that they can learn to understand that although someone can look OK, they are suffering on a daily basis.
I would love to know what you think,
Thank you for reading

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I feel for you both and it sounds like the medication is a recent thing so hopefully a big step forward. Has she got a card plan in place in school- have you had meetings to talk it through?

Ultimately though I think the morning medication and eating needs to be done at home. Surely she isn't in school 30 minutes after waking? I understand you saying it makes getting up in the morning difficult but medication by the bed with an alarm set and then some easy food 30 minutes later isn't impossible and would be a good habit to get into. As she's eating in form she's obviously taking in something easy that could even be eaten on the way to school?

*care plan

Lots of issues here, have you asked for meeting with head of year to discuss the support they can offer for your chronically sick daughter under their Equalities responsibilities. They should be making reasonable adjustments.

Learning to live with a chronic illness is hard. The charity CONTACT may help.

But one thing jumped out at me: if she has to eat 30 minutes aftervtaking meds on an empty stomach, I don't see why she has to eat breakfast at school. I used to be at school for 8.40 as a child. I git up just after 7 and walked the dog and ate breakfast when I got back then walked to school. Why can't your daughter adjust her timings so she is eating at home or at the worst, on journey?