Nick Jonas is opening up about the side of living with diabetes that fans rarely see. The singer, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at just 13, has completed 21 years of managing the condition. In a personal letter, he has described the constant monitoring, difficult decisions and emotional challenges that come with it, while sharing why he wants others with diabetes to feel less alone.

Nick Jonas shares emotional letter about diabetes

As part of Dexcom’s ‘A Letter to Diabetes’ campaign for National Diabetes Awareness Month, Jonas wrote about how the condition has become a constant part of his everyday life. He revealed that he checks his glucose levels every few minutes and uses an insulin pump to calculate doses around meals. He described these small but frequent tasks as “hundreds of little decisions” that most people never notice.