I upped my Lantus to 16 units and now I seem to be very stable in that my
numbers are remaining in the high 200's to low 300's.  Not good that the
numbers are this high, but at least they're not in the 400's or all over the
place any more.

Is this what this type of insulin should be doing?  This is what the nurse
said it would do for me.  Keep me from having peaks.  Doesn't seem to matter
now what I eat or don't eat, my numbers are staying there.

It's frustrating to me that I have to wait 3 or 4 days to increase my dose.
Perhaps that was my mistake to begin with.  I didn't wait and was increasing
daily.  I just re-read my notes from the nurse and apparently I wasn't
paying attention even though I wrote it down wrong.  I read something online
about the body taking 3 to 4 days to adjust to it and you shouldn't make
changes any sooner.

I just don't understand why going on insulin would push my numbers up higher
than they were, but...  I did stop the Januvia.  I thought it wasn't doing
anything for me, but perhaps it really was.  I wish there was some way to
get my numbers down sooner, but there doesn't seem to be one.  This
neuropathy pain is killing me!