I absolutely disliked mixed insulin, I was prescribed mixtard 30 back in 2001. I had several hospital trips from 2001-2004/5 due to DKA. I was running consistently high for a long period of time, I remembered going to diabetes children groups and nurses there had to inject either actrapid or novorapid to bring my levels down. It was so inflexible that I had to force myself to eat carbs when I was full and lunch time dose would run out until dinner time so I was high for a long time. It was also during the time of where I was growing with hormones etc and it didn’t help with my levels, so all in all, it was a mess. I prefer basal and bolus regime, you can correct high levels, you can bolus for food whenever and wherever you are, you can fast or skip meals, you can adjust to whatever food item is in front of you without forcing yourself to eat. It is definitely the bees knees and less hospital trips. I did wish they introduced it to me sooner rather than after my several DKA trips.