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“Twenty-seven years with type 1 diabetes is a good chunk of time, but I'm not done yet.”
― Kerri Sparling, Balancing Diabetes: Conversations About Finding Happiness and Living Well

“I can't let myself hate it, because it is a part of me. A part that I work so hard to maintain. And I will not allow one single part of me to root into a toxic panic that bores its way into m psyche. I am living with diabetes. And I will continue to live successfully for as long as I can.”
― Kerri Sparling, Balancing Diabetes: Conversations About Finding Happiness and Living Well

“Diabetes is unique, in that way, with complications often viewed as a result of the patient not working hard enough when in fact they are the result of diabetes.”
― Kerri Sparling, Balancing Diabetes: Conversations About Finding Happiness and Living Well

“Diabetes complications need to be talked about, because the guilt that comes with their diagnosis can be crippling, melting away the value of our efforts. It's easy to become overwhelmed when diabetes seems to be the leading cause of leading causes.”
― Kerri Sparling, Balancing Diabetes: Conversations About Finding Happiness and Living Well

“But on some days, diabetes falls into the "eff you and the effing islet you refused to ride in on" category.”
― Kerri Sparling, Balancing Diabetes: Conversations About Finding Happiness and Living Well