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<blockquote data-quote="Maco" data-source="post: 2345247" data-attributes="member: 465882"><p>Don’t let your diabetic team fob you off with ‘You can only have a pump if you do Dafne’ because it’s not the case at all. I work for my self, so In November when I enquired about going back onto a pump I point blank refused to do the course. Before COVID it was a 5 day course and there’s no chance I was taking 5 days off work. My clinic have been trying to get me on Dafne for months so it was already on my file that I wouldn’t do it when I enquired about the pump. Diabetic nurse then went on to explain that Dafne was now done virtually with 1 session per week and was told it could take upto 6 month to complete it. I honestly just laughed at them & told them I wanted the pump ASAP not do 1 session a week for 6 month then go onto a waiting list. What I did was the online BERTIE course, takes a few hours at the most to complete and you get a certificate at the end to send to your consultant/nurse. Still goes into depth about different carbs and carb counting etc but I’ve carb counted since I was 13 so I didn’t have any issues with it. </p><p></p><p>Long story short, I did the Bertie course sent them my certificate and I get my pump on the 7th of January. Fully funded 780G with the CGM to go with it. Instead of what would of been around a year wait I’ve managed to secure it within 2 months. My advice would be push push & push some more, ring them daily weekly or even email. It’s what I did, yes I seemed like a right nagging pest but it’s the only way to get them to listen. If not your put to the back on the queue and most likely forgot about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maco, post: 2345247, member: 465882"] Don’t let your diabetic team fob you off with ‘You can only have a pump if you do Dafne’ because it’s not the case at all. I work for my self, so In November when I enquired about going back onto a pump I point blank refused to do the course. Before COVID it was a 5 day course and there’s no chance I was taking 5 days off work. My clinic have been trying to get me on Dafne for months so it was already on my file that I wouldn’t do it when I enquired about the pump. Diabetic nurse then went on to explain that Dafne was now done virtually with 1 session per week and was told it could take upto 6 month to complete it. I honestly just laughed at them & told them I wanted the pump ASAP not do 1 session a week for 6 month then go onto a waiting list. What I did was the online BERTIE course, takes a few hours at the most to complete and you get a certificate at the end to send to your consultant/nurse. Still goes into depth about different carbs and carb counting etc but I’ve carb counted since I was 13 so I didn’t have any issues with it. Long story short, I did the Bertie course sent them my certificate and I get my pump on the 7th of January. Fully funded 780G with the CGM to go with it. Instead of what would of been around a year wait I’ve managed to secure it within 2 months. My advice would be push push & push some more, ring them daily weekly or even email. It’s what I did, yes I seemed like a right nagging pest but it’s the only way to get them to listen. If not your put to the back on the queue and most likely forgot about. [/QUOTE]
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