I'll tell you another secret.  I kinda LIKE the Jonas Brothers. Laugh all you want since I am quite a couple decades away from their usual tween-aged fan base.  Disney signed them though, and from Annette Funnicello until Miley Cyrus and beyond, Disney has a proven eye for musical talent.  (Maybe not class, but definitely talent).

Nick is, at 15, the youngest brother of the singing group (they do have another even younger brother named Frankie - think Andy Gibb snubbed from the BeeGees for his youth).  As everyone with any connection to diabetes knows, Nick has had type 1 for almost 3 years.

I'm possibly older than his mother and I have type 2, but for whatever reason, I feel this gives us a bond.  I have felt that way about real life type 1 PWDs also.  Maybe that's why I get my dander up when the "Type Wars" start.  

You know what I mean - the justifiable resentment from the folks with type 1 when the mass media acts like type 2 is the only diabetes game in town.  And the large number of unfortunately ignorant people with type 2 who think their case is the exact equivalent of a type 1.  Usually, it's not even close.  

A faction believes the 2 chronic conditions should have completely distinct and separate names.  An argument that has a lot of valid points to it, but look at how many people are still stuck on the juvenile and adult diabetes labels. Changing the names yet again (remember "insulin dependent"?) could cause years of confusion.

But I do know how a scary, shaky low low feels, and I know the awfulness of a high sugar and the leftover hangover feeling afterwards.  

I am also WELL aware that I have no idea of the never-endingness of it, or many other facets that type 1 PWDs live with.  But I do feel empathy and caring and concern for people with type 1.

I guess that's why I hang around the d-blogosphere. And maybe I'm not the only person with type 2 who feels just a little bit closer to Nick Jonas than the usual Tiger Beat idol.