Category: My Diabetes Inklings
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Dia-what-sary?
The 9th of February 2014 will mark five years of living with diabetes for me. I love the endearing term the Diabetes Online Community have for it – my Diaversary. It’s not something you would say ‘Happy Diaversary’ for. It’s not really a celebration. I mean, who celebrates living with…
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JDRF – Jump to Cure Diabetes
Not a week goes by without some news article about diabetes making it into the media. Generally, these pieces generally focusses on type 2 diabetes and plays on the stereotypical scenario of poor lifestyle choices. Millions of dollars are poured into prevention programs for type 2 diabetes every year by…
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Eye Health
Fourth grade was when my eyesight started to go downhill. By the time I was in high school, I could only make out shapes and colours without my glasses on. I had always likened life without glasses to being partially blind, which terrified me. Thankfully, my eyesight had stabled out…
Dr Ashley Ng 