Sorry Claire, I'm sorry, please miss this post out.
Fergus,
“The prospect of being relatively free of a
‘fixed routine’ is a concept that only a diabetic
can fully understand, but this is extremely
important. As the course progressed I gained
confidence that this is now possible.”
quote from DAFNE website (sorry can't link as closed window)
I was annoyed by Paul Cs comment since it didn't seem to take into account the difference between what DAFNE teaches and the type of regimen it in many cases replaced. These regimens were not normal in any way. He has not had to use such a regimen and since he takes no medicaton has not had the need to. It is not the first time he has made such a comment and this time I felt I wanted to reply.
I have to defer to people who have done DAFNE itself on the specific content (and it changes over time, this is clear) :Brett has and commented on this.
yes it does, if you need to lose weight our want to eat less you have your ratios of insulin for less food. Eg you eat 50 carbs and your ratio is 1 to 10 you put in 5 units qa. If you eat less ie 30 carbs you inject 3 units. Dose adjustment. Note though some people have different ratios depending on quantities eaten
Actually DAFNE is very effective in reducing the amount of insulin people take. Some of the people on the DAFNE videos managed to reduce their insulin by over 50%. Insulin reductions for many are sustained and this is mentioned in the recent audito'rs document quantifying the savings to the NHS attributed to the DAFNE course.
I haven't done DAFNE but I made that clear in my post. I am enthusiastic about it but would have been dishonest not to do so.
( I was lucky to learn from those who had + an 'acquired' handbook) Having healthcare and diabetic education in a language that you are far from fluent in makes you very pro active)
Funnily enough I would have to eat more carbohydrates on my prescribed regime than I actually do . I would have had to, to feed the insulin.
As to commentating on T1/T2 threads it depends on the thread, the context, whether the person says where they are coming from etc etc By the way since I thought I had T2 for over 3 years (before the time I started using insulin, I have LADA) then I certainly wouldn't use the word mere T2!