@Cant_help_her ....just wanted to say hello and that I know what it is like to deal with a stubborn type 2 diabetic (I have one of my own)...so can relate totally to your fears and frustrations...
..my partner of six years has been diabetic for probably 15 - 20 years and did nothing to control it other than just pop the pills prescribed...he always maintained he would never go on insulin but the crunch came earlier this year and he started on insulin in February...he does now take his insulin as required but there are many other factors that are problematic in his management of his diabetes which I do continue to worry about...
...he is also on metformin and more recently on forxiga...this was prescribed to help him lose weight as he was previously on gliclazide and that in combination with the insulin had led to weight gain (he was already overweight to begin with)....he has lost a few pounds since starting on the forxiga so at least this is now heading in the right direction all be it slowly...
....just wondered if the fact that your wife is already on the forxiga would counteract any potential weight gain from going on to insulin....it seems it is a fine balancing act but perhaps this will dispel her fears.....has she lost weight since starting on the forxiga...
..as for injections I thought my partner was avoiding the insulin for the reason of not wanting to inject but has seemed to have taken to it like a duck to water...I sometimes question (in my head / not out loud to him) his injection technique and how he blindly injects without testing his bs levels but at least he is doing it...
Hope you manage to find some useful answers and advice and can find some way of getting your wife to take more care of herself and her diabetes....I know how hard it can be on the outside trying to help someone who it appears doesn't want to help themselves...others on here will probably vouch for that..
.....someone on here once told me you need to take baby steps...just one small step at a time and hopefully you will get there..