We’ve never been on a DAFNE course either, they don’t do them for children. I can see that they want to make sure that you are willing to put the effort in, but on the other hand when my daughter was diagnosed there was a trial just starting up comparing MDI with pumps in newly diagnosed children and the hospital were desperate to get us on the trial (we had to decide within 10 days of diagnosis). We went on the trial and got a pump, got set up and some basic “how to do a bolus” instructions with DSN and pump rep, had lunch (in hospital cafe reading carbs off the back of packets) then had half an hour with a dietician and were given a free copy of Carbs & Cals, that’s all we got for carb counting training! Next pump refill done also with DSN and rep and then we were basically left to get on with it, although we were in and out of hospital quite a lot anyway because so newly diagnosed and we just learnt as we went along. Nobody checked whether we were committed enough, although having said that they would probably take the pump away if they thought we weren’t using it properly. I do think it’s a shame though that some people who would really benefit from pumps have to fight so hard to get them.
