After almost 12 years now, I still don't do needles very well either.
I always turn my head away as far as I can during blood draws at the lab. I resisted a pump for years because I was afraid of having a needle stuck in me 24/7 - until another pumper I had just met showed me a set with the flexible teflon cannula.
Now my endo laughs at me when I tell her I will give up my pump when they pry it from my cold dead fingers. The Unomedical Insets are what make it work for me. I mentally block out the needle because I don't have to insert it manually - I just push on the sides of the inserter and it all happens automagically without me seeing the needle going in.
cheers,
j
