Hoping your appointment went well today 
Thank you. It went very well. Was prescribed Lantus. Was told to stay on metformin and invokanna as well. They did give me a humalog pen and asked me to give it a try. I achieved a 105 reading by 4 pm this afternoon. I was stunned since I havenāt seen one of those numbers in ages. I start lantus tonight and have another appointment with endo next week. In addition I had more labs drawn for c peptide and some other insulin tests. Iām not sure why I waited so long to be proactive, but I am excited to see where Iāll be tomorrow. I start with 15 units of the lantus. So, in short it went well and I am happy with the endo staff, they were great and I am able to communicate with them via their web portal when I have questions. I am now building more confidence in the future good management of the diabetesā¦
Thank you so much for askingā¦
Joe
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My only thought to this, as everyone has given you some great ideas. I just have one point here.i canāt tell you how many people who are type 2 and just hate the idea of insulin. Many feel like they have failed. The reality is that insulin is a natural progression of type 2. Many type 2ās will eventually have to use insulin to better handle their blood sugars. And the few that I have talked to after they started insulin, they all said they are sorry they waited so long. They all have said they feel so much better. So my thinking is, just accept that it happens to many people with type 2 diabetes and be ready to feel better overall once the dose levels out. Good luck and remember it is a long journey and this is just another step on their long walk with diabetes!
Joe,
You have already taken 1 giant step towards feeling so much better.
Great news! It will be hard work. There will be good and bad daysā¦ thatās life. But having the tools to treat this properly and well is going to be so positively life changing for you.
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Doritos are for Wimps. On this side of the pond Chips are what you would refer to as French Fries, only larger and greasierā¦YUMā¦
I have actually got bolusing for Fish and Chips nailed.
You wonāt like this, but a friend of mine tells me the best fish and chips he has ever tasted are at a place in Salzburg, Austria. The place is owned and operated by an expatriate Brit, if that helps. 
I m sure he knows how to cook themā¦ I wonder where he gets his fish from? Austria is a bit far from the sea.
Nowadays no place is far from the sea, except maybe central Africa or Asia where there are no good landing strips. But if I can find out exactly how he gets supplies, Iāll pass the information along. No guarantees.
Airdrop. Itās raining fish.
Havenāt you seen Sharknado?
No. Not going to, either.
A wise decision.
Iād recommend not watching the 3 or 4 sequels as well. 
Great news! Iām on Lantus and I really like it. Once a day is great. The first few weeks will be a learning curve but after awhile it will be part of your routine. I still have days where I get pity party of āwhy meā and āthis is FOREVERā but I can tell you. That hasnāt happened in a long time and when I start to throw the pity partyā¦I think of how awesome I feel now. Just remember. None of us get out alive and everyone will have SOMETHING before the end. So this one is manageable and there is so much good information and medicine. Good for you for taking the big step. I promise you will feel so much better. Keep us updated!!!
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Wonderful to hear your improvement!
One stick a day aināt nuthinā, brother 
Iām pumping, which is a whole different enchilada in terms of āthis is FOREVERā 
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After reading all the posts, it does appear that you are one of those whose D onset was as an adult and too many PCPās arenāt aware that T1 can onset in adults. Glad to hear you are getting a coorect Dx. One thing (maybe a benefit to having T1) get the Endo to write an Rx for as many testing supplies as you can. All too often HCPās think they are doing the PWD a favor by only Rxāing 1 test a day. Anyway, as you read Walshās and Schreinerās books you will learn that you meter is gona be a great helpful friend - especially as you start to dial in your bolus doses, correction doses etc. You will be amazed at good at math you can be!