tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932842985778393321.post4201313640329652863..comments2024-02-16T13:58:21.051+00:00Comments on Every day ups and downs, a diabetes blog: 6.5% A1c target - A reply to a comment that got out of handMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09868706401223371920noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932842985778393321.post-44966816192920498972017-08-31T09:41:35.174+01:002017-08-31T09:41:35.174+01:00Hello Anonymous
DAFNE is a UK-based structured ed...Hello Anonymous<br /><br />DAFNE is a UK-based structured education course for the intensive management of type 1 diabetes. It is offered free of charge in many locations in the UK, but some areas have their own similar courses with different names (e.g. BERTIE). The course lasts for 5 days and is either delivered as an intensive week, or as one day a week for 5 weeks. Discussion and interaction Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09868706401223371920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932842985778393321.post-38857681252600236252017-08-31T09:35:14.414+01:002017-08-31T09:35:14.414+01:00Hehe! Sorry MT Artoo was my joke name for my first...Hehe! Sorry MT Artoo was my joke name for my first insulin pump. Replacement to Pancreas #2 (R2-P2) http://www.everydayupsanddowns.co.uk/2011/11/look-sir-droids.html<br /><br />I'm calling my second pump Threepio (after I Collected my Third Pancreas Object).Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09868706401223371920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932842985778393321.post-63599530285364491282017-08-30T23:50:56.257+01:002017-08-30T23:50:56.257+01:00Hi
About the DAFNE course
Did you do one and did i...Hi<br />About the DAFNE course<br />Did you do one and did it cater for a diverse group, or for a homogeneous group (IE ages and types of diabetes mixed, or a group for T1 and a group for T2)?<br />Is it free of charge?<br />How long did your course last?<br />Was the group small enough for you to ask all the questions you had?<br />Did you make friends and contacts with other diabetics?<br />WasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932842985778393321.post-18919502387413591502017-08-30T23:45:42.108+01:002017-08-30T23:45:42.108+01:00Hi from Belgium
Thanks for this interesting articl...Hi from Belgium<br />Thanks for this interesting article.<br />What is Artoo?<br />Thanks in advance<br />MT Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932842985778393321.post-6721527744997087872015-03-09T16:26:58.949+00:002015-03-09T16:26:58.949+00:00This is wonderful advice Mike - peer support in pe...This is wonderful advice Mike - peer support in person, and through forums like this one, is invaluable. <br /><br />All Type 1 DMs should be encouraged to attend a DAFNE course locally, or do an online course such as the excellent Bournemouth one at www.bdec-e-learning.com<br /><br />Gary Scheiner's book is excellent too.<br /><br />The next step is making sure that the basal insulin is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932842985778393321.post-2358770599900404292015-02-05T10:13:53.614+00:002015-02-05T10:13:53.614+00:00Thanks betabetic - couldn't agree more!Thanks betabetic - couldn't agree more!Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09868706401223371920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932842985778393321.post-90911194475070142482015-01-28T13:28:47.062+00:002015-01-28T13:28:47.062+00:00Great post! I love the fact that you acknowledge t...Great post! I love the fact that you acknowledge that these kinds of numbers are only possible for *some* people.<br /><br />I have both addison's and diabetes. My HbA1c is 33 mmol/mol, or 5.2% which is pretty freaking awesome - but is skewed by the fact that because addison's takes away the body's ability to raise blood sugar, I never have a rise in sugar except when I eat or take a betabetichttp://betabetic.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com