Hi All
Just wondered if there is anyone who has been on the DAFNE course and felt like it did'nt really help them and they did'nt really get much out of it.
I went on a 5 week DAFNE course back in February 2014 and even though i learnt a few things about like what to do with your sugar level and insulin when you are sick, most of the stuff the nurse was talking about i have been doing since i had diabetes and learnt to carb count. I don't agree with not counting a HYPO above 3.5mmol i think this could be dangerous especially if like me you have lost your awareness, because some people me included,once you sugar reading reaches 4mmol it will start to drop like a brick. That is one of the things i can't afford to do. When we was having to do a weekly dairy of what we had been eating all week and how much insulin we had taken the diabetic nurse could'nt understand me having a tight control why and eating 3 meals a day and snacks and not really doing that much insulin as at the time my ratio was 0.8 to 10g carbs now is 0.7 to 10g carbs and was still having hypos.
Maybe its just me but i just felt that this course is brilliant for newly diagnosed type 1 diabetics but for people who have had it for many years like myself i did'nt really get what they had promised (less hypos) because all that they were talking about i already new and was already doing, and nothings changed with the amount of hypos i'm having.
Would be great to hear other peoples opions on there experience with DAFNE
tracey167
Just wondered if there is anyone who has been on the DAFNE course and felt like it did'nt really help them and they did'nt really get much out of it.
I went on a 5 week DAFNE course back in February 2014 and even though i learnt a few things about like what to do with your sugar level and insulin when you are sick, most of the stuff the nurse was talking about i have been doing since i had diabetes and learnt to carb count. I don't agree with not counting a HYPO above 3.5mmol i think this could be dangerous especially if like me you have lost your awareness, because some people me included,once you sugar reading reaches 4mmol it will start to drop like a brick. That is one of the things i can't afford to do. When we was having to do a weekly dairy of what we had been eating all week and how much insulin we had taken the diabetic nurse could'nt understand me having a tight control why and eating 3 meals a day and snacks and not really doing that much insulin as at the time my ratio was 0.8 to 10g carbs now is 0.7 to 10g carbs and was still having hypos.
Maybe its just me but i just felt that this course is brilliant for newly diagnosed type 1 diabetics but for people who have had it for many years like myself i did'nt really get what they had promised (less hypos) because all that they were talking about i already new and was already doing, and nothings changed with the amount of hypos i'm having.
Would be great to hear other peoples opions on there experience with DAFNE
tracey167