pump an daphne course

[Carptastic]

Hi all quick question do you need to do the daphne course to be able to have a pump through NHS Wales tia

 

[eventhorizon]

I did a dafne equivalent a few years before going on a insulin pump. I think most care providers consider a recognised carb counting course a prerequisite of obtaining and pump.

 

[Carptastic]

I did a dafne equivalent a few years before going on a insulin pump. I think most care providers consider a recognised carb counting course a prerequisite of obtaining and pump.

thank you

 

[In Response]

I was required to do the local equivalent of the DAFNE course.
I believe there were at least two reasons for this
- ensure you understand how to carb count as pump requires more accurate carb counting
- ensure we are willing to invest the time and effort needed to get value from a pump.

Whilst I had had diabetes for 12 years at the time, the course was useful for me. The time was well spent.

 

[Rokaab]

I also had to go on a local variant of the DAFNE course, and had previously been carb counting since I was started on basal/bolus (sometime in the late 80's I think - not quite sure when)
But I did actually learn a few things that I didn't previously know and definitely benefitted from it (before I went on it I was convinced it would be a waste of time and they could teach me nothing lol - well they did)

 

[Juicyj]

Yes same here I did DAFNE and despite what I thought I knew I still learned a lot from it. (Also nice to meet fellow t1d’s too)