| I agree with the above in that you need to test often. (When I changed onto lantus about 2 years ago i had to test 10times a day for about 5 months!) However, there are a few things you can do to make it less painful, such as choosing a meter which requires a mimimal amount of blood (there have again been enormous improvements in this over the past 10 years) so that you can set the depth on the pricker as shallow as possible. For convenience you may also want one which counts don quickly. I have found that the one touch ultra is good for this.
All the best
Lorna | 
