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Doesn't sound like you have the gear to get away with the extra damage you'll take as 2H. You might have to swap to 1H + Shield or do a bit more farming of act 1 till you get some more money/gear.
Looking back you said you had 21k dps. Is that the max you can get when fully buffed? I'm not really sure what sort of survivability the Monk has vs a Barbarian but with my 6400 armour (w/ War Cry and Enchantress) and ~700 all res I could reach around 33k dps fully buffed and around 80k with Wrath of the Berserker, plus Ignore Pain for damage reduction/healing which is the only reason I managed to take down the majority of elites/champs I came across.
i can get 25k dps with about 500 resists, but im still going to have low armour
bought some cheapish high armour pieces which gave me an extra 650 or so, but i lost 12k hp and about 4k dps i think. another problem im facing is some of my gear has good crit chance, and i dont think i can afford to replace those with +armor as my dps will plummet. done about as much farming of act 1 as i care to do tbh.
i can swap my 2H for 2x1H's but again, i lose 7k dps then. will keep looking on AH i guess.