Do you get info overload??

[Lynz84]

Hi guys.

A work colleague who is also type 1 has just completed the DAFNE course and loves it! After speaking with him I am left feeling a little overwhelmed with how much I dont know. Ive been diabetic for 6 years and manage well but he was taking about changing carb ratios for different times of the day, split dosing basal etc etc. The basal i did know about but it makes me wonder and feel a little insecure that Im not managing as well as I think I am....does that make sense?? Anyone else feel info overload sometimes?

 

[noblehead]

Good question @Lynz84

Knowledge is power and this is especially so when it comes to managing type 1 diabetes, but sometimes it can be a case of information overload if you spend too much time reading books or searching the net for information on the condition.

Books like Think Like a Pancreas & Pumping Insulin (for pump users) covers most of what you need to know, the rest is gained by experience.

 

[therower]

Hi @Lynz84 . Information overload is my number 1 bug bear. You ask a question and the answers just seem to keep coming and coming. With regards to diabetes, there is a hell of a lot of information to be had. I find if I need information I try to narrow the question down so I get the fewest answers.
As for DAFNE all I can say is that I had been T1 for 20yrs plus when I did the course and was amazed at what I didn't know.
@noblehead is so right in what he says.
Knowledge is maybe a bit like biscuits where us T1's are concerned.
1 a day is manageable and nice.
A full packet a day just sends us into meltdown.

 

[M80]

Everybody should get the course.Heard the waiting list is one year here.That is crazy for something that is so important useful information.With this course it would mean people perhaps could stop spending time searching the web so much for solutions, they would know what to do. When people are left in the dark they go searching.It is quite exhausting to keep looking. I value the web and all the available info but this course should be for everybody as soon as they get diagnosis.Then the discussion remain about what is a good level of carb, this is tricky.However, it can be overlooked in the course and people will at least have the tools to deal with the carbs they do choose to eat or not. Maybe in some time it will be changed (just read today in a leaflet about pregnancy and diabetes at hospital waiting room starch is what should be the main food and it really provokes and annoys me) but that is a different topic.So if any pressure can be put on people getting this course in any way I welcome it.