\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n \tRelated story \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tThe Princess Diaries Star Reveals the Harsh Reality Facing Hollywood Actors Right Now\t\t<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n \t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/article>\n \t \n\tMenounos received her type 1 diabetes diagnosis in 2022. According to the American Diabetes Association<\/a>, type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease where the immune system mistakenly destroys the pancreatic cells that produce insulin. In simpler terms, her body cannot naturally process glucose (blood sugar), so she has to carefully calculate every meal and manually inject insulin just to stay healthy and alive.<\/p>\n \n\tAfter discovering that both of her pens had broken, Menounos had to contact Medtronic for an emergency replacement. Ironically, at the same time, her father\u2019s continuous glucose monitor (CGM) alarms began sounding off.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cOn with Medtronic to get a replacement and now dad\u2019s cgm alerts are going off,\u201d she wrote. \u201cDiabetes can be very, very stressful and scary.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tIn that same series of posts, Menounos revealed a much darker scare from earlier in the week. She shared that she nearly died in her sleep due to complications from the condition, though she did not share the specific medical details of what went wrong.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cAlmost died the other night in my sleep so I\u2019m a little over this,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n \n\tFortunately, her doctor called in a quick emergency prescription to a local CVS so she could replace the broken pens and manage her blood sugar that night. Navigating complex health battles is something Menounos has faced before, having survived a benign brain tumor<\/a> in 2017 and a stage 2 pancreatic cancer diagnosis<\/a> in 2023.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n![\"the](\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-sheknows-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\")
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\n<\/section>\n<\/p>\n\n\t\tType 1 Diabetes Requires Round-the-Clock Monitoring\t<\/h2>\n
\n\t\tA Terrifying Overnight Scare\t<\/h2>\n