Nick Jonas has revealed a pivotal turning point in his life: his diagnosis with type 1 diabetes at just 13 years old. During a recent appearance on Penn Badgley’s podcast, ‘Podcrushed’, Nick shared details about how his health began to decline during the Jonas Brothers’ school tour in 2006.
“I started losing a ton of weight and you know, drinking a ton of water, use the bathroom all the time, all the signs now that I know are symptoms of type 1 diabetes,” Nick explained. Priyanka Chopra’s husband added that he was unaware of what was happening to him at the time.
“I had no idea. I just knew that I wasn’t feeling well and was losing all this weight,” he said. “It’s actually a testament to the lack of information and awareness there was around type 1 at this time.” Nick recounted to host Penn that he and his brother, Joe Jonas, visited a spot in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to relax. It was there that his brother noticed his drastic weight loss.
“He was sort of like chaperoning me. We went to the pool one day and he saw my back and called my parents and said, ‘You know, something’s really wrong. You have to get down here,’” Nick elaborated. He further added, “Normal glucose should be between 70 to 120 for a person not living with type 1 diabetes… Mine was like north of 900, which is obviously very high.”
