Longtime Diabetic here..I take Kombyglize and am Insulin dependent. I am lucky enough to have insurance that is good and I am on a PUMP. I once thought Insulin was a terrible way to go as well. Although the preference would be no Meds. or Insulin I have a severe family tendency to Diabetes and my body just will not function properly without the Insulin. I have come to look at it as a blessing really though. Witht he PUMP and proper medicine and reasonable diet my A1C stays around 6 and my blood sugar numbers are almost always vey normalized. I decided Being on Isulin wasn't a death sentence to me but a way for me to live a fairly normal life and stay relatively healthy regardless.