Dr Ashley Ng

Category: My Diabetes Inklings

  • Dear Nurses, you are all AMAZING!

    Last week I touched on feeling a tad nervous on getting some testing done to determine how my pancreas reacts with a load of glucagon. Glucagon is a naturally producing hormone in our body, which is in charge of raising our blood glucose levels. So this test would see how…

  • What if I’m Type 1?

    Had a really interesting question the other day by a good friend with type 2 diabetes. What if, after all the tests, the doctors come back and say, “well actually, you have type 1 diabetes”? What will you say, how will you react, how will you feel?

  • When Diabetes Isn’t 1st Priority

    The last few weeks and the next few weeks are going to be absolute manic for me. Many things are flying around in my life such as writing up my Honours thesis. Diabetes senior camp next week, as well as maintaing relationships with the people I hold dearest to in…