Hey hun! I had a similar story. I am 26 myself. In the mid of Jan this year I ended up in the ER and they told me I had diabetes and needed to go see a doctor. My BS was in the 300s then though. My A1C was 11% eek.
I saw my doctor at the very end of Jan and so it has been just alittle over a month for me now. After the first week they decided to put me on insulin. It felt horrible. It took me forever just to test myself. I messed up alot the first week lol. I would just sit there with the needle all ready to go but wasn't doing it lol. Like my brain was just like no! I am the biggest baby in the world when it comes to pain.
But it has been a month now and it just becomes alot easier every single day. I give myself the insulin shot twice a day, once in the morning and once at dinner. and then I check my BS 3-4 times a day. Sometimes it hurts alittle bit but only for a second then its over with.
Luckily though I have been eating right and exercising and made huge changes and my numbers are great. Actually they were getting a bit low and this wed the doctor lowered my insulin and told me I should only be on it for maybe 2 more months!
Wow though you work out a ton I wish I was at that point yet. I just upped my walking to 3 miles 5 days a week but it is tough.
One thing I learned is that you should make sure to test sometimes after you eat as well. It is important to get a good balance of before and after. Just wait 2 hours until after you eat to test. I usually do mine first thing in the morning as my fasting, and then before dinner. Also since I take my insulin then. And then I either test after breakfast, lunch or dinner rotating different days or sometimes doing it after two meals.
I got some advice to check my local hospital for diabetes classes/support group and luckily for me a support group was just starting. I went to the first meeting so far and they had a quest speaker and tons of info. It was kindof weird because I was by far the youngest person there but I am gonna go again and hopefully learn some more.
One of the greatest things for helping me is the wealth of information online and on forums. I love this forum so so much and I visit another one too where the people are also really nice and have helped me alot with answering all my questions on diabetes and trust me I have bugged them alot lol. I can give ya the website if u want just PM me.
Just getting to talk and share with other people and know I am not alone is great. It does get easier with time
Take care!