I am new to any type of diabetes forum, so here it goes: I am a mother of a 13 yr old son who’s had T1 since he was 5 yrs old. For the past 8 yrs, my son has been on NPH/Humolog where he just had 2 diluted injections before morning and evening meals. Just visited with endo who is an advocate for the pump. Downside is, my son went in to dk 2 yrs ago less than 1 month from using the pump. We immediately took him off of it. My son, who is very active and an athlete does not want to use it again. The only compromise I could come up with was, "lets explore our options b4 we go back to the pump!" He’s agreed. As he’s gotten older – or perhaps going to the puberty stages and still growing his A1c (today) was 8.6. Our goal is to be in the 6 – 7 range. This endo has encouraged his range at 80-180? We are looking into the pen. I wanted the lantus and Humolog and was given Levimir and humolog instead. His orginal dosage of NPH/Humolog is AM: 8-9-10units Humolog with 30units of NPH and for PM: 8-9-10units Humolog with 20units of NPH. Today, she "shot a number from the sky" of 24 units of Levimir to be taken only at bedtime with a sliding scale of humolog before meals during the day. Does this make sense? She firmly told me that levimir and lantus are same thing? I was stunned and shocked when she pulled out the manual to instruct me how to put a needle on the pen. Correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t lantus last 24 hrs as opposed to Levimir about 14 hrs? I’ve asked for a Family Practicioner since pedi endos are scarce in our area. Most Endos will only see patients that are at least over 15 – 18 yrs of age. I’m at wits end. Any advice and/or suggestions? Also, does 24 units one time a day (given at bedtime) seem right? I’ll see FP on Monday. I’ll keep u posted.