Scared of higher risk of type 2

Is anyone else scared to have their gestational diabetes turn into type 2? I was told you have a 1 in 2 chance of developing type 2 in the next 5-10 years if you’ve had gestational diabetes.

At the moment I feel my life is consumed with testing four times a day and really don’t want that in my future.

For the past two weeks I’ve been testing and diet controlled to see if I need insulin. They require my fasting to be below 5 and it’s been above (up to 5.5) a couple of times so I feel the endocrinologist will put me on insulin. 2hr after meal numbers have to be below 6.7 and they have all been fine.