That is the first line of Andie Dominick’s 1998 memoir, also titled Needles, on growing up with type one diabetes…

Sarah Vedomske is a writer based in Richmond, Virginia. She was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2005, at age 14. She earned her B.S. in Media and Culture studies from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2014, and is currently pursuing a graduate certificate in Narrative Healthcare from Lenoir-Rhyne University. Sarah believes, more than anything, in the transformative power of storytelling. More of her work can be found on her blog, Coffee & Insulin.
That is the first line of Andie Dominick’s 1998 memoir, also titled Needles, on growing up with type one diabetes…
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