fwiw, unless the cat has ketones or is horribly sick, progress won't be made as long as the cat is at the vet's.
i don't know many cats that love being at the vets and the stress of it can actually cause higher glucose levels.
and to be honest, they didn't get diabetes overnight and you can't get rid of it nor get it under control overnight or in a matter of days. most cats take many many weeks if not months for control or remission.
now, to address something straight on here, your vet is starting you out on a not so good insulin and they are keeping your cat at the clinic to be "regulated". this tells me they are not very knowledgeable about current diabetes treatments. what is going to happen is that they are gonna keep the cat there until they think it's been a reasonable time, charge you a small fortune, then send you home on a very large dose of an easily dangerous insulin if not dosed properly. then, more than likely, you are going to have a crisis at home because kitty is relaxed, lowering her glucose levels, and you're going to give a big dose of that insulin.
what you should do if kitty is otherwise healthy is bring her home, and give 1 unit of that insulin twice a day, pick up a glucose meter from walmart and start testing her at home yourself so you know what is going on. and maybe weekly for the first few weeks, email your vet the numbers.
ideally, you talk to the vet about using a better insulin like lantus or levemir though but if you are not up to that right now, that is fine. you can switch at any time, i.e. after we provide you some info and answers so you know more about this disease then most people ever will
