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HeartLinks Heart Transplant Support Group

Welcome to HeartLinks Online! We are a support group of heart transplant patients out of The Toronto General Hospital.
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This groups page has been created for the members of the group, their family and friends and anyone else who is interested. HeartLinks is a group a Heart transplant recipients, LVAD patients and those waiting for their Gift of Life being cared for at the Toronto General Hospital.

07/23/2024

Do you enjoy baking? Are you crafty? Please consider donating for the Heart Transplant Craft and Bake Sale :) New and unused items are also welcomed.

Information on drop off locations, what is needed and important dates below ⏬️

06/11/2024

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/i-owe-it-all-to-you-how-a-gift-shaped-the-life-of-ottawas

06/11/2024

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/i-owe-it-all-to-you-how-a-gift-shaped-the-life-of-ottawas-longest-living-heart-transplant-patient

Jeffrey Gleeson received a heart transplant 34 years ago, when he was six weeks old. He has spent his life trying to honour that gift.

05/17/2024

Hi Wonderful people,

If anyone is planning on traveling, here is some great and pertinent travel information! Traveling post transplant is so exciting but can be confusing and scary. This information gives you some guidance and support.

-SWIPE TO READ ALL THE INFO-

03/14/2024

Inspiring! https://news.sky.com/story/dutch-man-recognised-as-worlds-longest-surviving-heart-transplant-patient-after-london-operation-in-1984-13066204

03/14/2024

Inspiring!

Bert Janssen received a donor heart at London's Harefield Hospital. He has survived for 39 years - with Guinness World Records now recognising the achievement.

03/08/2024

Are you looking for a cathartic experience where you can write about your experience? Join us at * Writing the Heart *, a 4-week series on writing at the Toronto General Hospital

Register here:
https://ourhearthub.ca/event/spring-2024-writing-the-heart-4-week-workshop-series/

02/23/2024

01/30/2024

UHN is offering a free virtual webinar on February 29th: Living with Advanced Heart Failure: Coping with Symptoms & Uncertainty

If you are interested, click on the link below to register for free.

Introducing a brand new guide for patients and caregivers!

01/10/2024

The first HeartLinks speaker event of 2024 is all about health and exercise. Join us January 27th from 9:30am to 12pm.

12/16/2023

Follow Dr Ross, Dale, and the rest of the crew on their blog:

https://testyourlimits.ca/category/blog-2023-category/

12/11/2023

will attempt tonight! Keep your fingers crossed for good weather 🤞🇪🇨

It's not too late to enter our giveaway for a chance to win some Test Your Limits gear. Comment on the blog using the hashtag 🏔️ bit.ly/3Gt03z3

12/05/2023

📢 GIVEAWAY ALERT! 📢

The team has a few more acclimation hikes to go before they take on Chimborazo, the highest peak in Ecuador and the closest point on Earth to the sun. This is no small undertaking - and they need your support!

🏔️From now until December 14, comment on the Test Your Limits blog to enter a raffle for one-of-a-kind gear.

🗨️Each blog post you comment on = one entry. Enter as many times as you like, and don’t forget to use the hashtag when you comment.

Follow the blog here: https://testyourlimits.ca/category/blog-2023-category/

👏Go team go!👏

11/27/2023

We are getting close to our 2023 potluck!!!
Time to catch up, eat, be merry, and celebrate life together 🫀🤗
foundation

11/23/2023

And Dr. Ross and Dale are at it again…A must read article!

An Ontario man hopes to become the first heart transplant recipient to reach the summit of a peak in Ecuador.

11/23/2023

Our heartlinks community is so spoiled. We are constantly surrounded by inspiration, courage, and hope. ♥️

Dr Ross and heart transplant recipient Dale Shippam are doing it again: pusbing their limits!

They will be climbing Mount Chimborazo during their upcoming journey to Ecuador. A journey that aims to "fund the development of wearable, artificial intelligence-driven devices that can predict cardiopulmonary performance, especially in patients with heart failure."

"With this trip to Ecuador, Shippam is trying to become the first heart transplant recipient to reach an altitude of 6,310 metres." WOW!

Read the rest of the article for a big dose of INSPIRATION:

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-man-hopes-to-become-first-heart-transplant-recipient-to-summit-mount-chimborazo-1.6654892
foundation

11/23/2023

An Ontario man hopes to become the first heart transplant recipient to reach the summit of a peak in Ecuador.

11/22/2023

11/21/2023

The time to eat delicious food at the Annual Holiday Potluck and Pin Ceremony is coming soon.

Celebration in 10 days!!!
foundation

11/15/2023

Did it really happen if there's no photo?

So excited!! Our annual holiday potluck and pin ceremony is back this year on December 2nd!!

Looking forward to seeing everyone!
You dont want to miss being in the 2024 Heartlinks photo ;)

11/14/2023

Congratulations!

Congratulations, Dr. Phyllis Billia, 2023 recipient of University Health Network's Local Impact Award, Commercialization! 👏

Dr. Billia and her team at CHI Diagnostics received this award for their work developing a proprietary blood test to predict adverse outcomes in high-risk patients.🩸

Using this blood test to detect clonal hematopoiesis – an inflamed state that is driven by mutations in the cells in a patient’s blood – the team can identify patients at high risk of complications, most especially patients immediately post-transplant, as well as those with certain cancers or . Patent-pending and currently used in the clinic, the test has the potential for various applications for bedside screening to both reduce risk and identify preventative treatment options for these patients.

Congrats to Dr. Billia and her team! 🙌

Ajmera Transplant Centre at UHN UHN Foundation

10/18/2023

How do you prevent and treat chronic kidney disease in patients?

Research at UHN identifies the risk factors for kidney dysfunction that can occur after heart transplant - and the optimal clinical management strategies for this complication.

🔗 bit.ly/46B3a3j

10/15/2023

It's back!!! Our Holiday Potluck returns on December 2nd, 2023!!

Hope to see the whole Heartlinks crew there 💝🎉

08/23/2023

The Peter Munk Cardiac Centre offers something that many other centres can’t: a team approach.

Our dedicated team of experts in the program does everything possible to keep the heart strong while waiting for transplant. Today, we treat patients who would not have been transplant candidates when the program started.

Read more: bit.ly/3BXSNsC

Ajmera Transplant Centre at UHN

07/18/2023

The Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research has partnered with HeartLife among others to offer a day-long Masterclass for patient partners interested in being engaged in research. The course is free, includes registration to Vascular 2023 in Montreal and covers accommodations and travel.

More details and application forms can be found here: https://transformhf.ca/event/masterclass-for-patient-partners/

Address

200 Elizabeth Street
Toronto, ON
M5G2C4

Telephone

+14163404800

Website

http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/heartlinksonline/

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