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Hi Tom,

I understand your worries regarding your kidneys. I also check up on mine on a regulary basis as this is a problem I most defently want to avoid. However your story gives me a level of comfort when it comes to insulin. I have a upcoming endo doctor appointment this week and I need to switch to insulin as I basically can't keep my numbers down on the oral medicine plus I have a level of discomfort with the cancer stories around Januvia. However the imagined discomfort of the needle had me doing a last try on the oral meds but I must realise that my pancreas seems too damaged to handle my diabetes with the help of the oral meds.

My endo doctor seems to think that a bed time shot of either Levemir or Lantus should do the job for me. I have no preference for any of these products although I notice that it is often mentioned that Levemir is suppose to be used twice a day where as Lantus can be used once? My preference is probably a combination of the best possible insulin and the least painful pen to shoot it in, whatever that is but I will see what the doctor thinks.

Do you have any experience with Levemir?