An ME2 Insanity Run - Lazarus Project and Freedom's Progress

i think the first Insanity attempt I made, I didn't make it out of the Project Lazarus area without several deaths. This time, no dying, but I've got red lines all over the screen most of the time. Already thinking I should have gone with an extra shield ability instead of Reave, but I'll have to wait until the Normandy to possibly adjust that. Some sort of compulsion makes me go through as many dialogue options as possible, even in parts of the game I've played multiple times, partially to see the dialogue, but also for those sweet Paragon points, which I need for . . . Hell I don't even know why I do what I do in this game, sometimes. 
 
I'm also bumming that I'm going to have to go for some less cool looking helmets and armor options here in order to survive. Fashion shall be sacrificed for survival, but Shepard isn't happy about it. At least I retained my heavy weapons from my first playthrough, got 200,000 Credits, and 50K of each mineral. I bet you all are gonna be so psyched when I do updates that tell you all about my mining time! 
 
Ok, so Freedom's Progress. I think I quit another Insanity attempt here, when the weakest of mechs continually throttled me. This time, aware of my limits, I will continually cower, hoping to live. 
 
(5 minutes later, after first mech encounter of mission) 
 
Ok, fine, F- it. I died. My fault. Let's try this again. I just have to remember what I'm doing and that Shepard was rebuilt out of fine-bone china, and can take no damage. (Died again). Ok, calm down, lets not blow this right away, or they'll laugh at me, all of them. Take it slow. . . alright, survived that first encounter with the FENRIS and LOKI mechs. Yup, one encounter. . . this is gonna be a long-ass playthrough, at least until I get better at being patient, which hasn't happened yet in my gaming life. 
  
Ok, terrific no more significant issues, other than some deaths. More later 
 
Update: Ok, so after doing some other, real-world things for a while, I was able to jump back in and finish the Freedom's Progress Mission. I want everything between us to be up front and honest, so I'm just going to say it: I died. A couple more times. Maybe once at almost every enemy encounter. I just didn't tell you right away because I didn't want you to worry or be upset. It didn't mean anything, it was just some casual mission failures at the hands of some armored-up lunatic mechs, and I was thinking about you the whole time. 
 
So that's done, cutscenes have been run through and I'm on the new Normandy. I've seen that scene 4 or 5 times now, and the reintroduction of Joker, then the new Normandy gives me a little tingle every time. One of the best moments in the game. Buttered up Kelly, got a couple of shooping quests form the ships engineers, doctors and cooks, and I'm good to go. 
 
Next time will likely see a visit to the Citadel. I'll probably take care of some visits, some shopping, and maybe initiate the Kasumi side-quest to get the better submachine gun. 
 
 I don't know if anyone is going to read these, or they will just be for my own edification, and I'm not sure that I'll be altering my gameplay based on feedback, as this isn't totally a "Let's Play ME2!" thing, but if you have comments or suggestions, I'll take them under consideration. I don't know if "Be better at games", will be helpful though. 
 
- Nick