I’ve been taking insulin almost from the start. Amy writes about the discussion at the ADA meeting at the following link.
Diabetes Monitor – ADA report: February, 2006
I personally prefer the control insulin gives me. My only problem was with long lasting insulins because they don’t release smoothly — at least for me. I will admit that I haven’t been on Lantus and it is supposed to be smoother.
Of course, I went even further and went to the pump. Makes it even easier to control.