Even Celebrity Teens Live with Diabetes!

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Tuesday, April 15, 2008
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About three years ago, 14 year old Nick Jonas was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. He had all the classic symptoms: guzzling absurd amounts of water, losing 15 pounds for no clear reason, feeling absolutely exhausted and emotionally miserable. His brothers said he was ordering them to get him pizza an...

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Inspiring
Anonymous
Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 11:46 AM

Thanks for your post Ginger, this is very inspiring.

The Santa Tour
Jimmy
Monday, November 10, 2008 at 10:24 PM

hey nicK are you going to be part of the santa tour to help type one diabetes in december?

Thank you Nick Jonas
Aimee M
Monday, June 29, 2009 at 12:56 PM

I am a 35 year old mother of three with my youngest son having Type 1 Diabetes. He was diagnosed at the age of five on Feb 16, 2008 and it is a day I will not ever forget. We have learned to live with diabetes and it rarely ever slows my son down but he has to live with it every time he checks his sugar, every carb we count, every time we have to change his infusion site (he is a pump user like Nick Jonas). He is constantly reminded he is a little different but he is also constantly reminded that diabetes does not control him and that he just happens to be a boy with diabetes. I still cry every now and then but not as much as I use to. I just want to thank Nick Jonas for his efforts to bring more attention to diabetes and for lobbying for more research. In my heart I know a cure WILL be found. Thank you Nick. Aimee M, Sparta TN.