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Taking Charge
The path to success or happiness is never straightforward. It is filled with highs and lows. Don’t let the lows dictate your life. Read more
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The Importance of Knowing Your Why
Some self-reflection on a common thread that has been emerging in my life lately. Some important reminders about knowing your why and finding your tribe. Read more
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Diabetes – My Silver Lining
Taking part in a recent leadership program gave me a chance to reflect on where I’m at with my career and how diabetes has already taught me some key lessons around gratitude and the importance of self-care and self-development. Read more
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Supporting Diabetes Tech Access for People with Type 2 Diabetes
A call out to the diabetes community to rally with our peers with type 2 to make CGM access a reality for them. It is time to break down the discriminating barriers around access to diabetes technology. Read more
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Living Between Two Worlds – reflecting on the Lancet paper
My advocacy journey started by sharing my story. Never would I have expected to have led to a career and a publication in one of the top journals in the diabetes field. A powerful ripple effect from many years of hard work while finding your network. Read more
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Heart versus Head
As a dietitan, I know too well the pitfalls of a weight-centric approach. Yet I am not immune to falling into its trap from time to time. Time to do a mental reset and rebuild my narrative around exercise. Read more
Welcome to my Bittersweet Diagnosis Blog
When I started this blog in 2011, I never thought it would be going over 10 years later. Writing is my way of reflecting and processing the world around me. Over time, I didn’t realise my stories resonated with others or helped them to learn more about living with diabetes. And so it is the power of sharing stories that keeps me going with this blog.
Initially, I named my blog “Bittersweet Diagnosis” as that is exactly how I feel about my diabetes. Learning to live with a chronic condition as intensive as diabetes has been one of the toughest challenges I’m still navigating. Yet along the way, diabetes has made me grow and develop into a better person, physically and mentally.
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Dr Ashley Ng 