@TonyB sorry to read about your struggles.
As others have said, it sounds as if you are doing well.
One thing I wonder is whether you have been tested for Type 1 diabetes.
The flag for me is that you have lost weight without trying - this is a common symptom for Type 1. The other thing is that you were started on insulin relatively quickly.
There is a myth that Type 1 is a childhood disease whereas more than half of us were diagnosed as adults. I have read about a new Type 1 diagnosis from someone in their 90s.
If you do have Type 1, a correct diagnosis would give you access to more flexible insulin regime, a continuous glucose meter (you may have seen the Libre “disks” many of us wear on our arms) to show you what is happening between finger pricks and training.
