Bret Michaels, known as Poison's frontman and searcher on the reality dating series, Rock of Love with Bret Michaels, is struggling with his diabetes while trying to find a girlfriend out of the 25 women on the VH1 show.

As reported previously, the 44-year-old rocker has already talked about his continuous battle with diabetes.  Now, he talks about how the women on Rock of Love took his condition and even offers some advice to kids diagnosed with the metabolic disorder.

On Rock of Love, Michaels' contract mandates that the reality show clearly acknowledges his diabetes.  Although his condition isn't the focus of the show, he has explained diabetes to all the women, and has even tested his blood sugar and injected his insulin in front of them.  Surprisingly, the girls have been interested and genuinely concerned, according to Michaels.

"It was actually really nice, and it all played into the show," he said.

During filming, some of the women took it upon themselves to read up on diabetes.  Michaels revealed that those women lasted longer on the show than some who were not very proactive.  He even asked the women to give injections into an orange, and the one who did the best job was asked to give him an injection.

"I found the smallest needle I could find.  It was the top of the butt cheek, the safest area I could think of with the most fat in it, and I said fire away.  She did a pretty good job," Michaels recounted.

On one occasion, Michaels had really low blood sugar while shooting Rock of Love.  The woman whom he was dating that evening rushed around trying to get orange juice in attempt to boost his blood sugar, which was extremely down at the time.

"Right in the middle of it I was having a low blood sugar and they just kept the cameras rolling, apparently.  It was pretty intense for a few minutes," he said.

Despite his condition, Michaels is trying to make the most out of his life.  While this is something that he has dealt with since he was 6, he also knows that diabetes can become mentally depressing for others, especially for kids.  Nevertheless, he encourages youngsters not to give up.

"I use diabetes just as one more challenge in my life.  You have to accept it because there is no other choice.  You either do well with it or it will take over your life, and then it's not going to be so great.  Listen, I live a really tough lifestyle on the road, and I've managed to control it, so you can manage to control it," he said.


-Kris De Leon, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: diabeteshealth.com
(Image courtesy of VH1)