I moved to long acting insulin when the side effects of glicticide became a pain. I still use metformin as it assists the insulin in your body to work better. My other and better half is type 1 so as a type 2 injections were a every day thing I had witnessed! The nova4 pen my excellent surgery...
I have been amazed at the blood sugars that have worried you all and the behaviour of your practice nurse!
In my case a diabetic nurse wrote to me when I complained about the withdrawal of testing strips for type 2 diabetics and said type 2 cannot have a low blood sugar or hypo! I was on...