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Thinking of asking for Tresiba at my review next week - don't rate my chances, but did you ask for the normal strength or the double strength and if you asked for the normal (100 or 200), do you take the same number of units as you did on your previous basal? Thanks, Nick

I have to agree with the OP. I didn't move around, but in the first year after diagnosis (2006), I had ten appointments and saw 9 different clinicians at the same hospital. I had enough of telling the same basic med history every time without making any progress - I was having problems, which...

Re: Would you prefer to be on insulin injections or on a pum When I looked at it last, pumps were around £3k, with consumables about £1,500 a year. I doubt that the NHS would pay for consumables as it tends to be all or nothing (anybody know different). Also, if it wasn't NHS funded, then...

Re: Would you prefer to be on insulin injections or on a pum I'd definitely like to be on a pump, but been told there is no chance at all as my A1C is less than 7 and therefore too good. The one area I know it would help is where foods require long bolus'. This isn't often, but with some...

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Lantus only as a type 1: I suspect not! I would have thought that you would be taking Novorapid or something similar too, otherwise I can't see how you are going to control your blood glucose at all! As rightly said, Lantus is a basal insulin, used to maintain your blood glucose at a stable...