Aug.08.2008 Nick Jonas is diabetic
The news crawl continues so you get this. One of the Jonas Brothers has an aversion to sweets, insomuchas they may make him die if he ingests them in an illness I just coined “diabetes”.
The band has partnered with Bayer Diabetes Care to offer encouragement to young people with diabetes and spread awareness about the disease, with which Nick was diagnosed at age 13.
“I thought, ‘Why me?’ I didn’t know how to handle it,” Nick Jonas, 15, told PEOPLE at a press conference in New York Wednesday. The pop star was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in November 2005, after experiencing sudden weight loss and behavioral changes.
“I didn’t know anyone with diabetes,” said Nick. “There was no familiar face in music or sports that I could connect with … [but] I started to see it as an opportunity to be an inspiration to a generation that doesn’t openly talk about having diabetes and not feeling embarrassed by the disease.”
That means checking his blood sugar levels whenever necessary – even while performing. “At a concert a couple of days ago Nick had a low onstage,” said his big brother Kevin, 20. “He said, ‘I need a second to stall,’ so I kept talking [to the audience] until he gave us the sign that he was O.K.”
The message Nick hopes to share with others? “To be able to live my dream by being in a band shows that anything is possible,” he said. “Even if you have diabetes.”
I hope this sage 15 year-old wisdom is right and I can live out my dreams. And it’s convenient because Nick Jonas is a major part of my one big dream. It just so happens that my dream is to reenact Mister Fuji from the WWF throwing salt in people’s faces, only replace “salt” with “sugar” and “people” with “Nick Jonas”. Dare to dream folks, dare to dream.
Sometimes I wonder why I don’t write more about the Jonas Brothers. Then I remember that I’m not really interested in the comings and goings of 15 year-old boys unless the cops are onto me.
I really don’t get why little girls go crazy for these kids. They’re like The Beatles if The Beatles were built like Ken dolls and had never gone through puberty. What’s the appeal?
Someone needs to get on this sneaking sugar into this boys food. now!
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