Lively Gorilla It is obvious that you have never kept yourself alive with R and NPH. The newer insulins are affordable and non-prescription in most of the world and help you do things like work much better than R and NPH yes they will keep you out of DKA but they suck during puberty and you have to meal plan with the new stuff too it's when a growth spurt goes sideways that the fast acting stuff comes in handy as well as the odd fire drill. You know the average age of diagnosis for Type 1 is 8 right?