I'm on injections. I have levimer for my long term insulin and novo rapid for my quick acting.
If you can, see if you can get on the DAFNE course. It teaches you how to carb count. Basically, finding how much insulin you take for how ever many carbohydrates you eat. That changed me life.
Don't beat yourself up if you get readings that are high. It happens to us all. If you feel sick, test before you do anything. I thought my sugars were high once, so went straight into giving myself insulin because I didn't have any test strips with me. Result: I was already in a hypo and I nearly put myself into a coma. So always test.
Remember type one and type two are very different, requiring different treatments. Also, every type one diabetic is different: what works for one, might not work for another. Get advice from people, but also trust your own body.
The most important insulin to get right is the background one. You may wake up with some lows because you're taking too much background insulin. Equally you may keep waking up high because you aren't taking enough. Don't worry, it's all a learning course, and there is no right or wrong amount to take.
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