Welcome. Wow -you take a lot of shots. I took shots for 33 years and for the last year and a half have been on an insulin pump--I LOVE it. I am sorry you do not have the technology in Ireland. I hope some day you may. It is a lifesavor for me. I didn't have trouble with my diabetes until my late 40's.
I started dropping in my sleep every other night and would go into seizures. then I would have blood sugars of 300 and an hour later would drop to 30. This was almost every day. No amount of shots would help. My doctor tried different types and I still dropped. I'm suprised my brain is still working but hubby says that is debatable )
The pump is great YES. I am on a MiniMed pump-You can go to the site http://www.mimimed.com and see about it. What I like is you set the pump to your lifestyle and you have a steady flow of insulin going thru your body and you don't have the rise and fall of insulin peaks....and when you eat you add more insulin to match the carbohydrates in your food by a touch of a button.
If I over exercise or do too much I do drop but it is not like it was before. Also, my food digests better and I like that. For the year and a half my A1c tests have been between 5.3 and 5.8.
I wish you the best.
Suzie