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NewsNovember, 9 Nick Jonas opens up about life with type 1 diabetes
Nick Jonas has shared his thoughts on how unpredictable life with type 1 diabetes can be. The singer wrote an open letter to the condition, more than 20 years after he was first diagnosed. In the letter, part of the A Letter to Diabetes initiative, the 34-year-old described how closely the disease shapes his daily routine. He wrote that they talk every few minutes, whether he is checking his glucose on his phone or reaching for his pump to take insulin before eating something with 17 carbs. He admitted that some days go smoothly, as if he and diabetes were on the same team, while on others the condition seems to head off on its own mission no matter how careful he is. He compared it to family life: people lean on each other, challenge each other and stay present, so even during a fight you trust the ground won't shift beneath you. The The Chains singer also said he sometimes resents how much control diabetes has over his life. Looking back, he recalled that its unpredictability unsettled him at first, because he had built his life around an unrealistic belief that he was in control. Over the years that belief was taken apart piece by piece, and he feels both grateful for the lesson and resentful of it. There are days, he wrote, when he wonders what life would be like without it. Jonas, who has been married to actress Priyanka Chopra since 2018, explained that he had long felt misunderstood and struggled to feel he belonged anywhere, at school and in most other circles. That changed once he began speaking openly about type 1 diabetes and met other people living with it, which finally gave him a sense of community.
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