| Gobbly it's great to see you interested in learning and helping yourself. The earlier you take control the less likely you are to develop complications. This is a great place to get help. Many are glad to offer you suggestions and it's your choice (hopefully in conjunction with your dr) what to do with that information.
Lantus is a 24 hour basal insulin (a lot split the dose into 2 12hr shots though). It's your base insulin. You need to then take a shot of humalog/novorapid everytime you eat or need to correct. A fair number of us MDI'ers use an insulin pen which makes shooting up pretty discreet and easier to tote around. There are other type 1 diabetics with needle phobias but the ones I have heard of are on the pump.
Can someone help define basal and blouses a little better then I can to gobbly? | 
