Thanks for your kinds words johnno,

Rewinding my life as a diabetic I too took the approach of "winging it" with my insulin and hope for the best as you say. Admittedly I recall it was very stressful at the time, like pulling the handle on a sot machine never knowing what result I was going to get so I can truly understand.

Back in those days (the 80's) I didn't get much help from my doctor on adjusting dosages either nor was there the volume of information readily available through the internet as our finger tips can find today.

Your right to be concerned and fortunate to have hypo awareness symptoms as you approach those lower numbers as many diabetics don't have that capability and oftentimes their hypo episodes turn into medical emergencies.

I'm currently treating my diabetes with Lantus Solostar long acting too, injecting a dose at bedtime along with a Novolog bolus to cover
mealtimes carbs in during the day based on an insulin (I:C) ratio. Additionally, I'm finding the need recently to adjust both injectables doses downward consistently with the weight loss progress I've made in addition to regular exercise. You might find this to be the case for you as well. Not a bad thing really, although the negative take away is the potential for hypos.

To that end, I found a great book on Amazon. "Think Like A Pancreas" by Dr Gary Scheiner M.D.,CDE. and a T1 diabetic himself.
This book has been extremely valuable and helpful in learning how to set my Solostar doses in addition to calculating my insulin to carb ratios. It's an easy to understand explanation for using insulin. I would encourage you to look into getting a copy if your interested.

Also a valuable resource online has been www.calorieking.com a website having a huge nutrition database for accurately identifying the carbohydrates associated with the foods and snacks I eat.

Each of us is unique, along with our doctors approach to blood sugar targets, treatment and management.

The MyFitnessPal program is a wonderful tool for tracking carbs. and it's free to boot!...It's been pointed out though the default recommendation for carbohydrates has been found to be too high for diabetics. With that said you can customize that macro or
any macro under "custom diary settings" to fit your needs.

I hope some of what I shared here is beneficial and doesn't come off as preachy in my effort to help.

Wishing you the same great success and positive experience I've had working with this program.

Good luck!

Great. I hope the book helps.