Category: My Diabetes Inklings
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Have your cake and eat it too…in moderation!
Ever faced a situation where someone asks you, a person with diabetes, whether you’re allowed to eat that piece of delicious cake in your hand? Chances are that if you have type 1 diabetes, you would stare at them with your laser death rays while proceeding to eat your cake.…
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Carb Counting in Singapore
Carbohydrate counting is hard. I’m pretty comfortable counting for the foods that I often eat at home. But when it comes to foods I’m not familiar with, I do struggle. So when I was overseas in Singapore a couple of weeks ago, I had a pretty interesting time with my…
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Embracing the Grey – Guest Post for mySugr
Check out my guest post on mysugr.com about not fitting neatly into a diabetes diagnosis category. Surprisingly, this had numerous repercussions in accessing medical treatment and diabetes education in Australia. Your diabetes type dictated accessibility (mostly affordability) in using insulin pump therapy. There are few (if any) diabetes group education relevant for young…
Dr Ashley Ng 