Rylee Arnold's Brave Journey: Dancing Again After Diabetes Diagnosis

Dancing With the Stars pro Rylee Arnold exclusively opened up to Us about her journey with type 1 diabetes — revealing that she initially feared she’d never dance again after being diagnosed at age 15.

“Right when I was diagnosed, I didn't think I was going to dance anymore,” Arnold, now 21, told Us in an interview on Wednesday, August 5. “I thought I was going to have to stop doing it and fully just devote my life to managing my health. But then I realized I didn't [have to quit dancing].”

Arnold acknowledged that it was “honestly really hard in the beginning” to balance her health and the physical demands of dancing, especially since she was a teenager at the time.