The kidney numbers on my clinic report used to mean nothing to me. Once I understood what eGFR and creatinine were telling me, the decisions got easier.
22 Sep 20267 min read
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Chong Suat Lin
Living with type 2 diabetes for eleven years, diagnosed at 49
Health contributor, daily condition managementPenang
I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at 49 and have spent the eleven years since learning how to live with it in a Malaysian kitchen and on a Malaysian street. I still eat at the kopitiam most mornings. What changed is that I know what I am ordering and why. I write about the practical side — the drinks stall, the rice portion, the numbers on a clinic report — because that is where most of us actually have to make the decision, not in a diet plan. I am not a dietitian, and none of this is a substitute for the advice your own doctor gives you.
Writes about
- Eating out with diabetes
- Kidney and blood sugar monitoring
- Kopitiam and hawker habits
Articles by Chong Suat Lin
I still eat at the kopitiam most mornings. The change was not quitting the food — it was knowing what I order and why. Here is the routine I actually kept.
15 Sep 20267 min read