“Bret Michaels was only six years old when he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Now 44 years old, he’s a twenty-year veteran of the rock and roll scene as the lead singer of the eighties band “Poison.”

Now Bret takes three injections a day, at breakfast, again at dinner, and then a little bit at

Bret runs around a lot on stage, so he doesn’t eat like to eat much before a concert and takes very little insulin before performing. The band has deliberately built two breaks into the show, a guitar solo and a drum solo, just so that Bret can go to the dressing room under the stage and check his blood sugar.

Bret’s Stats:
Age: 44
Years with Diabetes: 38
Injections: 55,328
Blood Tests: 110,960
Albums Sold: 25 million”