Great read. Its progress, but I know the side effects of taking immuno-suppressants both short and long term can be detrimental. I'm not saying diabetes isn't, but there is certainly some things to weigh up.
With technology advancing it is getting easier and easier to manage. I just found out about subdermal CGM implants a while back which looks promising: https://steemit.com/diabetes/@shmiddy-dack/long-lasting-injectable-cgm-uses-live-cells-to-regenerate-sensor
If the theories of reno-viral infections affecting people with a certain genomic strand, causing auto-immune responses within the Beta cells (and even the gut cells in terms of celiacs) is true, there is hope!