Our Diabetes/365 Community IS our cuppa!

About Us

Hi & welcome to our community! 

This Community is for those of us that have type 1, type 2, pre-diabetes or love someone who has diabetes as well as folks who have or love others with "365" health challenges (chronic illnesses).

The community was created so that each one of us know that we share a sense of "me too" (belonging), know that we have a community to share that contains care, understanding & acceptance.

My name is Saundie but you can call me "Saun" since we are already part of this community.  In November of 2007, I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as an adult.  Being a Mom of 3 young boys & having prior to this been super healthy, this seemed like a surprising diagnosis.  One thought that has remained with me over the past 5 years is this...wouldn't this thing called "diabetes" be more bearable if we have a group of other folks who understand & encourage one another on this journey.  Welcome to our community. 

The act of sharing & building community makes my heart smile.  There is a quote that says "we are all one-winged angels & we need one another to fly."  That is a belief that I hold close.  Through my journey so far with diabetes, it is my hope that others will feel the comfort to share & to support one another with understanding & kindness.  We are still anticipating "the happy ending" which is the cure...along the way, let's build a community...

Let us have a community where we can support one another on our collective journeys.

History of project

World Diabetes Day felt like the "exact right day" to begin our community.  So let's build...together.

Smiles,

Saundie

Our users

Some of us are "oh there you are" people & some of us are "here I am folks."  Everyone is treasured & welcomed here.  Do you sometimes wonder if anyone else out there is struggling with an ongoing challenge?  In my case, it is the story of living with type 1 diabetes while raising 3 adventures, hilarious, and exhausting boys.  Perhaps you have type 1 diabetes too.  Or maybe you have type 2 diabetes or another form of diabetes.  Are you a "battle buddy", the title of endearment that I think of when describing those unsung everyday heroes that love those of us struggling with diabetes.  Do you sometimes have questions as a "battle buddy" that you would like to ask?  Pull up a comfie chair, pour yourself a cup of tea & send me off an email note.  You are not alone.  You may be a person who has another ongoing health challenge.  Endearingly, I refer to you as a person with a "365" health challenge.  Welcome, pull up a chair & a cuppa!  Or, you may be a Dear Heart who loves & supports a person with a 365 challenge.  Glad that you are here & pull up a chair & put on the kettle too.

 

Welcome, pull up a chair...my kettle never quite cools and that is a good thing.  A mentor of mine shared a gem of a quote many years ago & it goes like this:  "you don't know what you don't know."  In that spirit, I will be the first to say that I will never know everything that there is to know about diabetes or anything else.  I do know what it feels like to live with it day in & day out though.  And I do believe that it takes a burden off of our shoulders when we have a community that is about sharing honestly the good days & the difficult days.  With all my heart, most of all, I believe that we all need to feel like we belong, matter & are cared about.  That is community.  Pull up a chair, put on the kettle & let's share some time together.

Smiles, Saun :)

Contact

Saundie (Exactly "T1D" time & 365 Community)

Ontario, Canada