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I'd like to start by wishing everyone a happy and healthy new year.
I am truly hoping for a better year, although the year is starting on the same path as last year, it's still too early to see how this will affect the Ostomy Canada Society Youth Camp or other long term plans.
Nothing really is affected at Ostomy Toronto; we will continue with our monthly zoom meetings starting on January 11, 2022 at 7:30 pm. This year, I am hoping to have an ostomy supply manufacturer featured as guest spearkers at each meeting.
I want to thank the entire Ostomy Toronto Board of Directors for the time they give up and all the work they do. I also want to thank all our members who continue to support Ostomy Toronto as we try to navigate through these uncertain times.
As president I will continue to do my best to keep Ostomy Toronto going, and to give our
members the support they need. Please feel free to contact me by phone or text at 647-570-4329 anytime for any reason. It's been a Honor to serve as President for these past years. It is a job that I enjoy and take a lot of pride in.
Please stay safe and well.
Thanks
Jim Fitzgerald
President, Ostomy Toronto
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Ostomy Toronto is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting:
Join Ostomy Toronto for our Monthly Meeting, on Tuesday, January 11 at 7:30pm. All are welcome! All you need is the Zoom app. Click the link below, and use the Meeting ID and Passcode to be admitted to the virtual meeting.
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Our Feature Friday is Joy, aka @uc.mamma on Instagram.
“Parenting with a Chronic Illness: An honest review
Hard but worth it! I was diagnosed with UC a couple of weeks before I found out I was pregnant. So many new horrible, weird and wonderful happening to my one body all at the same time was definitely a shock to the system.
Pregnancy was hard but amazing! The added stresses of being unwell, fatigued, on steroids and bleeding out your 🍑 daily definitely had me panicking over whether I could cope with a newborn!
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Once Frankie was here I got super poorly and the mum guilt set in. I couldn’t leave the house much and felt like I was wasting my maternity leave away sitting in the bathroom with Frankie in his bouncer. I didn’t go to any mum and baby groups or any of the things I had planned I would in my head. The lack of sleep on top of the fatigue I have anyway definitely tested me at times but there’s no bigger motivation to keep going than a squishy baby looking up at you 🥺
They say it takes a village to raise a child and it’s true! Even without chronic illness being a mum is hard, I am so fortunate to have amazing family that have always been there to have Frankie when I was in and out of hospital or too weak to look after him. The biggest lesson I have learnt is to let go of the idea you have to do it all. I’ve tried it, you only run yourself into the ground and it’s not good for your physical or mental health!
Now that Frankie is 3 (the biggest threenager you’ll ever meet) some things have got easier like him sleeping a solid 12 hours 👏🏻 but at the same time he’s harder to entertain! Toddlers are a different ball game and you spend the whole day running around whether that’s for playing or cleaning 😂Throw going back to work into the mix and you need to hire a personal assistant just to organise what day you’re going to attend dr appointments, squeeze in a social event and get that pile of washing done 😳
That all said, being a mum is the most rewarding job in the world and being a chronically ill mum has made me stronger, I would’ve never asked for a bag and just got on with it without Frankie🤍”
To see Joy's feature, click here.
If you would like to share your story and be highlighted on Ostomy Toronto's social media, please submit your photo along with a short blurb to info@ostomytoronto.com, with the subject line "
Feature Friday Submission".
Alternatively, tag @OstomyToronto in your Instagram post and we may repost it.
We love learning about the wonderful people in our community, locally and around the world! |
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Jim Fitzgerald, President
OPEN POSITION, Vice President
Aaron Wolkoff, Financial Treasurer
Urooba Ahad, Director
Kaitlyn O’Brien, Director
Glen Dasilva, Director
Michele Smith, Director
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Amanda Caristo, Social Media/Web Manager
Antonio Pergola, Bingo Volunteer
Linda Hurren, Bingo Volunteer
Jennifer Burnett, Bingo Volunteer
Melissa Aman, Bingo Volunteer
Cindy Zuccaro, Bingo Volunteer
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DISCLAIMER
The information contained in this Newsletter is presented for informational purposes only. None of the information is a substitute for professional medical care, attention by a qualified practitioner, or product information that can be gained from an ostomy product distributor, manufacturer or management professional, and under no circumstances may it be relied upon as such. Always check with your doctor or Enterostomal Nurse if you have any questions or concerns about your condition or if you are about to start a new program of treatment or management. Ostomy Toronto and the editors of this Newsletter are not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any form of damages whatsoever resulting from the use (or misuse) of information contained in or implied by this Newsletter.
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