I was just in your same position only about 2 months ago. I was diagnosed with “type2” January 2010 as a 23 year old weighing 100 lbs and very active. WRONG I was rediagnosed to LADA after my blood sugar quickly spiraled out of control January 2011 and started on humalog. (I went from fastings of 100-120 and pp of 80-180 to fastings of 120-140 and pp of 180-275 in a matter of WEEKS and was eating a total of only 20 carbs a day and exercising an hour and half a day I was killing myself to try and delay the insulin as long as possible but it was inevitable)
After 3 weeks on humalog my fasting was around 120-140 so my endo added in Levemir which I requested over Lantus due to Lantus having more of a peak. I was very scared about starting the Levemir because I knew that would mean I would have to worry about a low 24 hours a day. I started on 2 units at night before bed and am still taking only 2 units. I have not had one single low from my basal. They will probrably start you out on a very low dose like meMost people take many more units than that a day like 20-40units of basal is the average from what I have read. Do not worry about the basal or try to put it off it really is nothing to be afraid of. Here are two of my most recent discussions about my journey over the last few months including all of my many many questions, fears, and wonderful answers from the people here on this forum it may help answer some of your same questions as well.
https://forum.tudiabetes.org/topics/frustrated-8
https://forum.tudiabetes.org/topics/starting-basal-insulin-tonight
God Bless,
Jenn
