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Message: <blockquote data-quote="brainnotyetdead" data-source="post: 2764443" data-attributes="member: 506000">I've just taken my first Insulin Injection Pen, 14 units of Humulin M3 - my Libreview data showed elevated glucose levels up to 27 mmols/l.I feel so emotional and I'm trying not to panic.  I feel like a failure.  I haven't been able to control my blood sugars - and now I have to take Insulin.I desperately want to come off it (at some point), but I have a suspicion that it's going to be unlikely, I feel in the dark about it, and what the prognosis is.  I understand that there's an element of "wait and see" and "everyone is different", but it would be good to find somewhere that maybe can help define it a bit more, give expectations etc.I've also watched my Mother go through taking Insulin, and it certainly wasn't a pretty sight, and so all of those memories are resurfacing today.  I am reminding myself that my Mother's experience is not going to be mine, but it's hard because I haven't witnessed a good experience.  I am trying to re-frame everything today, make it more positive, but there's so much sadness surrounding it today for me.</blockquote>

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