The Diabetes Link at the University of Toronto

Thank you to those who came to our pub night event on March 13th. So much fun 🤩

Thank you to the wonderful Heather, ‘s executive director, for sharing your T1D diagnosis story with our community.

It’s always so impactful when workplaces, schools families, and friends, etc. show their support when an individual’s health changes and especially in the case of a diabetes diagnosis, it makes a world of a difference.

Want to share your diabetes diagnosis story with our community? Fill out the form in our bio!

Come join us on Friday, March 13th at 7pm for pur pub night! Connect and reconnect with diabuddies and celebrate with some food and drinks. Admission to the event and ONE drink is covered by the club. See you there! 💙💙💙

Register Here:
https://forms.gle/kMhTkjkk5RxzqQZHA

Hi diabuddies!! We wanted to share this resource with you if you or someone you care about is looking for a smaller T1D group of people to connect with. Details below:

Are you living in Canada with type 1 diabetes (yourself or a loved one)?

You are not alone … find your type 1 diabetes community!

Join CommuniT1D.ca, a free Canadian program of monthly online meetings.
- talk to others with shared experience
- share your story
- share what you know
- get & give support
- learn
- improve your wellbeing
- make new friends
- find diabuddies (buddies with diabetes)
- get connected
- build community

The program will match you with a small group of others (about 4-6 people total) according to your interests and what matters to you.

Join us at communit1d.ca

CommuniT1D.ca is funded by Breakthrough T1D Canada (formerly known as JDRF Canada) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The program was designed and is run by people living with T1D or LADA, parents of children with T1D, scientists, doctors, and other experts. Research ethics approval: CIUSSS-CER-S 2024-2887

Check out what’s in our bags to be ready for anything T1D throws at us! Low snacks, baqsimi and BG meters are all essential. What do you put in your T1D toolkit? 💙💙

Continuing on with our community’s diabetes diagnosis stories, here is our VP outreach, Kieran’s story!!

“I was diagnosed in 2018 (11yrs old). I had all the classic symptoms, thirsty all the time, incredibly skinny, and irate mood. My family doctor recommended me to get tested for Type One Diabetes (T1D). The next week I’m in Michael Garron’s Emergency Wing on Jan 5th at 9:32am (yes I remember the exact time) with a blood glucose (bg) of 26 something (non-diabetic fasting bg 3.9-5.5). Next thing I know I’m in this scary chair getting bloodwork done and my whole body is shaking from fear. I remember that day too well, it’s when everything turned upside down. All of a sudden I was faced with an incredible amount of responsibility: a life-threatening chronic illness. I struggled a lot mentally, I had the usual fear of the unknown coupled with fear of uncertainty paired with the always changing and challenging nuances of dealing with T1D. Then add on the pandemic a few years later. My life became a struggle for control, and I was cruel with myself (and still am to this day). Im working on it though. I’m incredibly thankful for the diabetes community and my interest in philosophy for teaching me that sometimes the best way to control something is to let it go (Give life permission to happen). Thank you for listening, be kind to yourself!.”

Join us virtually on Wednesday January 28th from 4-5PM for the first of three webinars in our Demystifying Diabetes series!

Ethan is a second year medical student at the University of Toronto, who has been living with T1D for almost 10 years. He loves connecting with others in the diabetes community, and is excited to lead this webinar series alongside the DiabetesLink Team on important diabetes-related topics.

Here is the registration link, where you can also drop any questions you have in advance of the session:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1rFPbBd_6opItxsxI8ghn0PXSXm7iEgFNonUwpfvp8V8/viewform?usp=drivesdk&edit_requested=true

Heyy UofT diabuddies! We are excited to be hosting our first bakesale fundraiser on Monday, October 20th between 1:30-4:30pm. Come visit us for some sweet treats and guess the carbs! 🧁🍩🍪

✨Meet the mentors behind the magic!✨ Our club advisors are always here to guide and support us. Grateful to have them on our team for the upcoming year! 💙💙

FIRST EVENT OF THE YEAR! We had a blast and we look forward to seeing more of our diabuddies at our next event! 💙💙

Come to our first social of the year THIS FRIDAY starting at 6PM at the woodsworth college residence courtyard! This event is free so feel free to stop by and enjoy snacks, board games and crafts! 💙💙