Nick Jonas' mom talks about his diabetes
Posted by Lorrie LynchDenise Jonas, mom to Jonas Brothers Kevin, 21, Joe, 19, and Nick, 16, has more than the usual worries when her sons — the hottest boy band in the country — are on the road, as they are now promoting their new 3-D movie. Nick, the one "everyone counts on to be the adult," was diagnosed at 13 with Type 1 diabetes (previously known as juvenile diabetes) and he wears an insulin pump to regulate his blood sugar.
Our Reyhaneh Fathieh talked to Denise Jonas about Nick's diagnosis for a piece in the magazine this weekend. “I noticed he wasn’t himself at all," she says."He was listless and irritable. I chalked it up to puberty. But I was really alarmed at his weight loss. I remember him buying this pair of acid-washed girl jeans, and they were falling off him. He lost 15 pounds in two weeks.”
They soon learned that Nick’s blood sugar was close to 800 (normal range is 70 to 140.) Nick asked,"Am I going to die?" His mom says, "He broke down in tears, which is unlike Nick." But they got things under control fast. Kevin and Joe had to be trained to do things like give Nick insulin shots, or test his blood sugar, because they, not mom, would travel with him. Now, Nick has learned how to manage his diabetes. "He always has apple juice next to him on stage and backstage he has fruit snacks,” she says.
Hear the new radio PSA that the Jonas Brothers and mom will unveil nationally Monday by clicking on the audio below.
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hello guys, i alway think diabetes is not bad. so, please don't cry if someone have a diabetes bcause i have it>>>>>>>>>
hi nick i am a big fan and on sep 07 2009 i found out that i have diabetes and i was in hosptil for one week and my cousins said i should write to you .if you could right back i would love that
p.s i think you are so cute
my email:lil_aimee07@yahoo.com
I just wanted to thank Nick for being there through my battle against Type 1 Diabetes. I was diagnosed March 14th, 2008 at the age of 11. I will be 14 in May and I am SO happy with what Nick is doing. i think it's wonderful and just completely amaizing what he is doing about Diabetes, and helping other kids who have Diabetes! He really helped me out a lot. It was a rough time for me my family & friends ... especailly my BFF Cassandra. I think it's kewl to have Nick Jonas as a role model for me and other kids also. He is my inspiration to keep moving forward and to NEVER let it slow me down!! Nick I love you with all my heart! Your smile, your eyes, your everything. You mean the World to me, and there will always be a place for you in my heart, NO MATTER WHAT!! I love you.
1 of your BIGGEST FANS from Maniwaki, Quebec...Canada! <3 Nicholas Jerry Jonas
MERRY ME!!! lol .... please <3
nick i hope that you read this and i will ask you can you come in bulgaria and to have a concert here.there are a lot of jonas brothers fans and........nick i love you and i know that one day you will have great family and i dreamed that i am part of it but we don`t know what is going to happend next and you guys rock
nick i hope that you read this and i will ask you can you come in bulgaria and to have a concert here.there are a lot of jonas brothers fans and........nick i love you and i know that one day you will have great family and i dreamed that i am part of it but we don`t know what is going to happend next and you guys rock
wow thats unbelieveable i didnt know that
i wish someone could help me with my diabetes. I was diagnosed at age 13 and feel so alone. I do not take care of myself and do not even take my sugar half the time. I just do not care and i do not want my friends too know i have jd so i act like i don't. i am 19and i can not get over why i have too have it
I LOVE you Nick!!! although i am not diabetic my brother got diagnosed at age 9 (September 2006) and its been two years since. its crazy how much his life has changed, and mine too. and when i listened to the song a little bit longer i couldnt help but cry. its cheezy but i did. it brought back memories and how scary it was when he first got diagnosed. my brother said that he could'nt eat anything he wanted anymore or live the same way. but it has gotten up hill form their. THANKS for ya'lls music, and hopefully their will be a cure for diabeties one day.
Dear Nick, We make our own fature,if you are dreamer you make it better plays for life.But in the song "Love is on its way"is -Dreamers you see everithing in colour while the world is getting darker-.But I am sure it is not that.And your songs are your diary about your life and this songs are my feelings about my life too.I love you all.And Nick I hope you get bettr
Dear Nick,now i`ve justread this comments.I thoth that I have different feelings,but now I understand that the other girls have the same feelings.Life is just one ...........We live our lifes one time.And we cant live it twise. This someone who is up there give us one chans to live.But our friends and our family give us more then one chans.If we did something wrong may be he cloud give us sacond chans.
i love you guys you are the hottest guys in the world you rock and nick dont worry about your diabetes because there are many people suffering from the same problem including me i also have diabetes from your biggest fan from india you can email me on {lovelyrssl@gmail.com}
i love you
Hey Nick I have no idea if you will ever even see this. I am a mom of a child with type 1 and I can't begin to tell you how special it is for her to see someone like you with the same disease. She is the only person at her school with diabetes. She is amazing and never complains, but I am sure must feel different. When someone special like you is out there, it makes others more aware. I know she feels lucky to have diabetes because she has something in common with you that her other friends do not have. Thanks so much for going public! Her sister and her are going to your concert in Tacoma, WA in June 2009. Any chance of meeting you backstage?? A diabetes friend guitar pick is her current life dream! Keep up the good work!
Dear NICK,
I LOVE YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH YOU ARE ALWAYS IN MY DREAMS
hey nick and joe how do you think about nicks diabetes i love you both but i dont care about his diabetes by the way im you bigest fan i have you ever were i love you nick and joe both you guys are so sexy a lot i love you guys sooooooooooooooooooo much
i love you so much
nick jonas is so hot!!!!!!!!!with diabetes or not i still love you some people thik its wierd but it dosnt matter to me i still love you
My daughter was diagnosed at age 7 (October 25, 2008) I had no idea what the "symptoms" were. I just knew that it was driving us crazy that she was literally drinking almost a gallon of water a night and of course, followed by a zillion trips to the bathroom. All I would say to her was "Stop drinking so much water in the middle of the night and you won't be running to the bathroom all the time". of course, I had no idea and felt horrible once I found out. When we rushed her to the hospital from the pediatricians office who immediatly determined what it was, while we were waiting for her to be admitted, she was so scared and she had no idea what was happening, my husband arrived and said to her "So, you love Nick Jonas so much that you had to get diabetes like him"
And that was all it took. Her face lit up, and she said "If he can do this, than I can do it". I don't know Nick Jonas, I do not know his family, but whoever he is, I love him for helping my daughter accept this and be "ok" with it. Brave kid he is!
hey i now yall might get very very mad but nick i soport ur diabets 100% my lil sis has diabets and she has we have a dog tag and we were it just lkie u she we taink ur so cool the way nu put daibetas aside !!!WE LOVE U SO MUCH!! PS. im a conputer frek sorry
im sorry im back waned to say one more thing here it gose!!! OMG JOE UR SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND NICK U R TO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hey its me agin jackalyn i was gonna try to come to yalls consert sun,aug,16 2009 to see yal but i will have to wait and see and i was hping yall would get thant last letter i rote no ruching but on here talking to my biggest satars i like i feel fine some one i can talk to im 11 years old and i have asma if i spelt it right sorry bout thant i do not i have daibets i now ur promble onley talking to pepole with daibets but any way i realy hope yall writ bak i realy need to now u if yall talk to me so i have someone to talk to im might sound crazy r wierd but thants me sorry i soud me on thant sory a millon times sorry i like ur song yera 300 but i have to go i rezaly hope im not being crazy or wired r puch but plse writ back.Ps my emil is jackalyn.tinker!yahoo.com just in case TANKS JACKALYN {bye for now}
hey nick and jo,kevin im a big fan but i do not have diabets i am alergic to dary products and its cool what nick dose well my emil is jackalyn.tinker@yahoo.com i hope yall write back thanks jackalyn
hey joe,nick,kevin im a big fan but i do not have diabets i
hey!i`m a big fan of nick and i think its cool how he puts having diabeties beside him and goes and does what he loves to do i don`t have diabeties but i am border line diabetic and i have a friend who has diabetes so i think that your doing everything you do well bye for now.
I love you nick jonas ,and I love your song about your dibetes love kim st
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