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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
Sorry to seem thick but what is it please?
Thanks.I would try and get it off, or some it off as medical leave if that would be possible....
its worth it in my opinion, if you have no dose adjustment experience to date.....even worth it if you do....
Thanks.
That's my thoughts too. Just wondering what the course covers.
Thanks again.Carb counting and dose adjustment are the main things...
within that are basal tests, insulin/carb ratios, correction factors, insulin sensitivity, illness, activity....
and you get to do lunch alongside your fellow diabetics and test and calculate a dose for it, then see how that dose worked out towards the end of the day and discuss....
i completed mine in 2009 so I am confident it may have changed slightly but not significantly....
the end result is basically you being able to go through your diabetic life with pretty much no assistance from anyone else [Healthcare Professional]....
Thanks. The problem is that we are a pretty small team at work and any absences can cause grief.I think when I did the DAFNE course no one had holiday or sick leave, everyone on the course (apart from the self employed) had it off as some kind of paid leave "other". It didn't sound like anyone had to have any kind of battle with their employer to get it.
DAFNE is a course that is basically thought of as being required for diabetic management, I'm sure you could get a letter from the course provided to the effect that it is required.
So, you've go a course that you are required to attend for the purpose of managing your diabetes. Under the equality act type 1 diabetes is a disability and employers are required to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate their employees disabilities. A week off that doesn't come out of your holiday and doesn't count as sick leave seems pretty reasonable for most jobs. Any reasonable employer shouldn't make you take it as holiday and there should be no "getting away with" taking it as sick leave.
It's worth just asking if you can have the time off as "other" leave. Check to see if your policies say anything helpful.
Anyway, has anybody been on one of these courses and did you find it useful?
Thanks. The problem is that we are a pretty small team at work and any absences can cause grief.
I shall speak with my Boss and hopefully a compromise can be reached.
I did my DAFNE course over 5 weeks at one day a week. My employers allowed me time off to attend, provided I made up the hours during the course of each week.
Being able to attend in this way was very helpful in that;
1. I kept my job!
2. I was able to fully take in all the information given out, as my brain was still fuzzy at the time from those high BGs.
3. It gave me time to process and apply the knowledge gained over the course of each week, so that on my next attendance I was prepared with questions for any scenario that had occurred, plus was very helpful to hear of other folks responses during that week.
4. It gave better bonding for the group as a whole, and several have kept in touch long after the course has ended - it's always good to know other T1's to 'compare notes'.
To anyone who is offered DAFNE, I would say 'go for it', though be aware that they didn't (at that time) advocate a LCHF lifestyle when I was there, they were very impressed by my reducing BGs as I progressed through the course (started LCHF a week before the course started). DAFNE gave me the confidence and knowledge to safely reduce the amount of insulin I needed to match my new lifestyle. I currently need NO insulin at all.
I'm hoping to be offered the course at next appointment. I had to be diagnosed a year apparently. I will be asking for special leave from my employer which is paid. I have previously been reluctant to ask for things like this but others do so I'm going toThanks. The problem is that we are a pretty small team at work and any absences can cause grief.
I shall speak with my Boss and hopefully a compromise can be reached.