Dr Ashley Ng

Category: My Diabetes Inklings

  • Say NO to Diabetes Stigma & Discrimination

    At my last endocrinologist visit, I was asked if I thought I have type 1 diabetes. After thinking about it for a little while, I replied, ‘No, but I don’t think I have type 2 diabetes either’. With a laugh, he asked ‘Well then, what type do you think it…

  • My Time in the Sunshine

    Once I thought I was just the average kid A low maintenance child any parent would want I walked the straight and narrow and never got into trouble Those were the good old days – my time in the sunshine Over time, the moon waxed and waned Nothing changed but the number of…

  • Fighting Against Diabetes Stigma & Discrimination

    Growing up, I was blissfully unaware about diabetes and what it involved. I knew that my grandfather had diabetes. He took tablets, watched everything he ate and exercised and is still healthy and active, even today. Type 1 diabetes was rarely talked about though, even during my health science degree at university.…