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Thank you all for your replies.  Looks like, as I suspected, this is not going to be quite as easy as popping a pill!    I’m a person who likes to be in control of my own life, though, so I guess, once I get through the learning process, all these choices will be of benefit.  You all seem to be dealing quite well, so hopefully I will too. I’m still afraid of the lows, though.  I’ve never had anything lower than 70, and that was 20 years ago! Carol

be very sure to discuss this with your medical staff.  There are training classes on how to better recognoze hypos. Derek – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I can only tell you what I use, your Dr. may have other ideas. For my morning and night time injections I use BD Ultra-fine II Short needle 1/2 cc. these needles are 30 gauge and only 5/16(8mm) long. I mix Humilog and NPH in the morning and use NPH before bed. For dinner I use an insulin pen with only Humilog and use BD short needles. This way I can wait until dinner is in front of me before taking Humilog(fast acting) and I take my shot at the table as it is very unobtrusive. Hope this helps you.—Herb F. I’m a type 2 who will be dropping glyburide, keeping glucophage, and using insulin once or twice a day now (don’t have dosage or type yet). I have an appointment next week with the nurse/educator so I can start on insulin.   Lordy, now I have to decide what kind of syringes to use? What do you all use?  Sounds like many of you mix your own, she said there are also premixed, multi-dose syringes that you just change needles? I have a One Touch for testing (actually, two of them – one is travel packaged and a little smaller), which I’ve used for years.  She wants to show me other types as well.  I’m wondering if she sells them or something, or are some really more accurate than others? Guess I’m getting too suspicious of doctors, sigh.   Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks, Carol

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I’m a type 2 who will be dropping glyburide, keeping glucophage, and using insulin once or twice a day now (don’t have dosage or type yet). I have an appointment next week with the nurse/educator so I can start on insulin.   Lordy, now I have to decide what kind of syringes to use? What do you all use?  Sounds like many of you mix your own, she said there are also premixed, multi-dose syringes that you just change needles? I have a One Touch for testing (actually, two of them – one is travel packaged and a little smaller), which I’ve used for years.  She wants to show me other types as well.  I’m wondering if she sells them or something, or are some really more accurate than others? Guess I’m getting too suspicious of doctors, sigh.   Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks, Carol

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I can only tell you what I use, your Dr. may have other ideas. For my morning and night time injections I use BD Ultra-fine II Short needle 1/2 cc. these needles are 30 gauge and only 5/16(8mm) long. I mix Humilog and NPH in the morning and use NPH before bed. For dinner I use an insulin pen with only Humilog and use BD short needles. This way I can wait until dinner is in front of me before taking Humilog(fast acting) and I take my shot at the table as it is very unobtrusive. Hope this helps you.—Herb F.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m a type 2 who will be dropping glyburide, keeping glucophage, and using insulin once or twice a day now (don’t have dosage or type yet). I have an appointment next week with the nurse/educator so I can start on insulin.   Lordy, now I have to decide what kind of syringes to use? What do you all use?  Sounds like many of you mix your own, she said there are also premixed, multi-dose syringes that you just change needles? I have a One Touch for testing (actually, two of them – one is travel packaged and a little smaller), which I’ve used for years.  She wants to show me other types as well.  I’m wondering if she sells them or something, or are some really more accurate than others? Guess I’m getting too suspicious of doctors, sigh.   Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks, Carol

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What do you all use?  Sounds like many of you mix your own, she said there are also premixed, multi-dose syringes that you just change needles?

Pre-mix is for wusses ;-) .  No really, with a pre-mix, you can’t change one type of insulin without changing the other.  If you want another few units of your long acting (like N), you’ll have to take the extra short acting (R or H) along with it…and possibly have to eat more to prevent a hypo.  It’s not so important for a T2 and convenience wins out sometimes, though. You can draw up your own mix of insulins or draw up a pre-mix in one syringe (they come in several varieties).  Pens are handy, but if you don’t use a pre-mix you’ll have to do 2 shots if you use both long and short acting. They’re also a bit more expensive.  You can use a regular syringe at home and carry a pen when you eat out if you like. I have a One Touch for testing (actually, two of them – one is travel packaged and a little smaller), which I’ve used for years.  She wants to show me other types as well.  I’m wondering if she sells them or something, or are some really more accurate than others?

Perhaps I’m naive, but I doubt she’s selling them.  Most are reasonably accurate.  I’ve heard the Glucometer Elite by Bayer is the most accurate but they all have to meet regulations.  There are differences in blood drop size, countdown time, and software/cables you can use to put fancy graphs on your computer.  If yours is several years old, you might be surprised how much easier/faster the new ones are. Beth

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meter……. no older than 5 yrs, then trade in (based on insurance coverage)] else — k t1 13 yr. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m a type 2 who will be dropping glyburide, keeping glucophage, and using insulin once or twice a day now (don’t have dosage or type yet). I have an appointment next week with the nurse/educator so I can start on insulin.   Lordy, now I have to decide what kind of syringes to use? What do you all use?  Sounds like many of you mix your own, she said there are also premixed, multi-dose syringes that you just change needles? I have a One Touch for testing (actually, two of them – one is travel packaged and a little smaller), which I’ve used for years.  She wants to show me other types as well.  I’m wondering if she sells them or something, or are some really more accurate than others? Guess I’m getting too suspicious of doctors, sigh.   Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks, Carol

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Thank you all for your replies.  Looks like, as I suspected, this is not going to be quite as easy as popping a pill!    I’m a person who likes to be in control of my own life, though, so I guess, once I get through the learning process, all these choices will be of benefit.  You all seem to be dealing quite well, so hopefully I will too.   I’m still afraid of the lows, though.  I’ve never had anything lower than 70, and that was 20 years ago! Carol – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I can only tell you what I use, your Dr. may have other ideas. For my morning and night time injections I use BD Ultra-fine II Short needle 1/2 cc. these needles are 30 gauge and only 5/16(8mm) long. I mix Humilog and NPH in the morning and use NPH before bed. For dinner I use an insulin pen with only Humilog and use BD short needles. This way I can wait until dinner is in front of me before taking Humilog(fast acting) and I take my shot at the table as it is very unobtrusive. Hope this helps you.—Herb F. I’m a type 2 who will be dropping glyburide, keeping glucophage, and using insulin once or twice a day now (don’t have dosage or type yet). I have an appointment next week with the nurse/educator so I can start on insulin.   Lordy, now I have to decide what kind of syringes to use? What do you all use?  Sounds like many of you mix your own, she said there are also premixed, multi-dose syringes that you just change needles? I have a One Touch for testing (actually, two of them – one is travel packaged and a little smaller), which I’ve used for years.  She wants to show me other types as well.  I’m wondering if she sells them or something, or are some really more accurate than others? Guess I’m getting too suspicious of doctors, sigh.   Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks, Carol

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I’m a type 2 who will be dropping glyburide, keeping glucophage, and using insulin once or twice a day now (don’t have dosage or type yet). I have an appointment next week with the nurse/educator so I can start on insulin.   Lordy, now I have to decide what kind of syringes to use?

when I used to use them I prefered BD micro fine 3 half cc 1/3 length 29 gage.  The type of insulin will determine the gage, humalog requires at least a 29 gage. What do you all use?  Sounds like many of you mix your own, she said there are also premixed, multi-dose syringes that you just change needles?

yep the pens.  I’ve never used one so someone else will need to fill you in on them. I have a One Touch for testing (actually, two of them – one is travel packaged and a little smaller), which I’ve used for years.  She wants to show me other types as well.  I’m wondering if she sells them or something, or are some really more accurate than others?

some are in fact more accurate than others, some will store up to 30 days worth of tests results that you and or your doctor can download to your computer and print out.  I like the accucheck complete because of this feature as well as being able to enter how much I ate, how much exercise I got, wether it was a test before or after eating and how much and what type of insulin I took at that time.  Many monitor makers give them to our doctors to give away completely free, they make their money from the sale of test strips.  I got 2 accucheck complete monitors for free, and gave a way my older precision QID monitor for free. Guess I’m getting too suspicious of doctors, sigh.   Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks, Carol

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