The one thing that may scare newly diagnosed diabetics is the pricks from the lancet and pokes from the insulin needles. But without these it would be pretty tough for anyone to monitor their diabetes. For Diabetic Danica it was a rough and slippery slope but over time she and her family found ways to make the idea of needles a norm and something she’d be more comfortable around.

Watch as Diabetic Danica gives us some methods her and her family used to cure her needle-phobia. You are the boss of your diabetes!