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<blockquote data-quote="desidiabulum" data-source="post: 471039" data-attributes="member: 39515"><p>Ahem! Reading your earlier post noblehead wouldn't it be fair to say in response that your mind was made up before you read Smidge's post? I’m surprised that you agree with a number of her points yet still adopt a very defensive, protective posture towards DAFNE. No one is denying that it achieves some good with some diabetics. But what is wrong with correcting or improving something? How do you think any sort of improvement ever happens? If this is the one time that the NHS is giving detailed advice to diabetics, why settle for the lowest common denominator, and tell T1 diabetics that 'they can eat Mars bars all day and it is fine' (an actual quote from a DAFNE course, endlessly repeated by an experienced T1 HCP of my acquaintance, who continues to have bad control). There is no second-stage DAFNE course where people who have been enticed in by the promise of 'normal eating' can have this glossed more responsibly. For many of those taking it, the course is gospel-truth,. delivered once for all time by the all-knowing NHS. What is wrong with suggesting that this opportunity, stretching over a full 5 days, should be used more responsibly? Surely you agree with this really? I think that you do, but that is why I find the tone of your response puzzling and unnecessary. You have a balanced viewpoint on many things – why not on this?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="desidiabulum, post: 471039, member: 39515"] Ahem! Reading your earlier post noblehead wouldn't it be fair to say in response that your mind was made up before you read Smidge's post? I’m surprised that you agree with a number of her points yet still adopt a very defensive, protective posture towards DAFNE. No one is denying that it achieves some good with some diabetics. But what is wrong with correcting or improving something? How do you think any sort of improvement ever happens? If this is the one time that the NHS is giving detailed advice to diabetics, why settle for the lowest common denominator, and tell T1 diabetics that 'they can eat Mars bars all day and it is fine' (an actual quote from a DAFNE course, endlessly repeated by an experienced T1 HCP of my acquaintance, who continues to have bad control). There is no second-stage DAFNE course where people who have been enticed in by the promise of 'normal eating' can have this glossed more responsibly. For many of those taking it, the course is gospel-truth,. delivered once for all time by the all-knowing NHS. What is wrong with suggesting that this opportunity, stretching over a full 5 days, should be used more responsibly? Surely you agree with this really? I think that you do, but that is why I find the tone of your response puzzling and unnecessary. You have a balanced viewpoint on many things – why not on this? [/QUOTE]
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