Anyone hear about Dick Clark?

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Registered: 03-28-2003
Anyone hear about Dick Clark?
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Thu, 04-15-2004 - 2:58pm

He was diagnosed with diabetes in 1994 and has kept it secret except for close family and friends. It was "leaked" out this week, and he won't comment...yet, he's been brought on by firms to be a spokesman! Whatever...


Here's the link: http://entertainment.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=155675

       


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Fri, 04-16-2004 - 12:07am

Angie,


Denial isn't a river in Egypt! He probably thinks people will think less of him and of course nothing could be further from the truth.


One of the ministers at my church was diagnosed diabetic this last fall. As a parish nurse I was asked to talk with this person. I was requested not to say anything to anyone about this as it was a great secret. Of course as a nurse I can't say anything to anybody about another person. But everybody was coming up to me and telling that such and such was a diabetic and did I know this. Finally I got tired of this. When I was having one of my nurse visits with the minister I just said "enough of this secrecy". They were very surprised that everyone knew.


I think it is more important to be honest about what is happening. I didn't do anything deliberately to become a diabetic and I am not ashamed of my diagnosis. Besides that I might need their help with one of my blood sugar crashes.


Oh well! Can't fix the world can we!

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Fri, 04-16-2004 - 12:39am

Here is the information I found on our HealthDay News Service:


Dick Clark Discloses Decade-Old Diabetes Diagnosis


Dick Clark has had type 2 diabetes for the past decade, but had kept it a secret from all but his closest family members and friends, according to the Associated Press.


Dubbed "America's oldest teenager," the former long-time host of "American Bandstand" and the "$10,000 Pyramid" game show, now 74, has accepted a new role as a spokesman for the American Association of Diabetes Educators, the AP reported.


Type 2 diabetes, once referred to as the "adult-onset" form of the disease, occurs when cells in the muscles, liver, and fat do not make proper use of insulin, the hormone that processes dietary sugars. As a result, the amount of glucose in the blood can increase to dangerous levels, leading to complications such as heart disease, stroke, blindness, kidney disease, and nerve problems.


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Sun, 04-18-2004 - 1:34am
Thank you for sharing this with us. I just think that some people have their own reasons for not sharing things with others, which they have every right to their privacy of course. I figure when the person is ready to share they will do so on their own rather than be forced to do so, Besides Ii would not doubt that he is the only one who has kept being a diabetic a secret since you have to consider their are so many actors and actresses out there that might also be diabetic. I think we just expect others to share with us their diagnosis though since we are all comfortable with doing so, but not every one is that way. I will bet that there will be an interview soon with him opening up about his diagnosis so that he will be left alone. Here is to seeing what happens from here for him.

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