Not enough education on type one DB

I know there is another thread but Im going to stick to this one if thats ok......

My diagnosis and treatment has basically been just me mucking about with doses and food and reading what information I can.

I saw my diabetes dietician a couple of weeks after diagnosis and was told to keep to a ratio of 1 unit to 20 carbs as I was honeymooning but if my bloods went up then I would need to adjust the dose. So I stuck to 1 in 20 for a couple of weeks but I seem to have to constantly adjust it as my bloods are all over the place at the min (had a 20 at crimbo).

The dietician put my name down for the DAFNE but like others have said they told me that I wouldn't really get full benefit from the info until after a year.

Im seeing the doctor for that HB1 thing at the end of the month so I will get to see how well I have done for the past 6 months ha ha.

tim2000s said:

Unfortunately this is the price you pay when the service is free at the point of consumption. For all the hoohaa about the NHS, its value gets forgotten and people just expect it to be there. The result is they devalue it and simply don't bother turning up.

It should be free at the point of consumption, but if you are booked and fail to consume, it should also cost you.

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Yes we do take it for granted that it will always be there and free of charge, some private dentists now charge for missed appointments and I do wonder if this should be the same for repeated offenders who miss gp and clinic appointments on the NHS, but how you would implement this I don't know.

noblehead said:

Yes we do take it for granted that it will always be there and free of charge, some private dentists now charge for missed appointments and I do wonder if this should be the same for repeated offenders who miss gp and clinic appointments on the NHS, but how you would implement this I don't know.

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Tie it to your national insurance number and every time you miss an appointment, you national insurance costs increase (so it's distributed annually) or any benefits you receive are reduced (again so you see it distributed annually).

Emmotha said:

The DAFNE helped me no end so I don't see how you can say I shouldn't have gone on it.

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I didn't.