Karen Costello-Lafantaisie, RN, CDE

Gears are shifting rapidly on fasting guidelines & gastric ultrasound might just be the pit stop we need. As we accelerate into new territory, are we steering patients safely to the OR? In @Anaes_Reports with @rosie_hogg #Anaesthesia #Anesthesiology doi.org/10.1002/anr3.7…

@JamesClear Your influence and inspiration has contributed to a wonderful trickle down effect :) youtu.be/9MCTxdruZcQ?si…

People can sometimes be held hostage by their expectations. They have a dream of something they would like to achieve or a path they intend to follow, but their mindset falls apart when things don't work out how they had hoped. The key is to reach for an extremely high bar, but to be adaptable enough to reframe the failures, disappointments, and defeats into fuel for the next thing. Give your best effort, but no matter how it works out, trust that life will be good for you. Focus on how the world is working with you, not against you. Everything you are given is material for the next move. Everything.

“Anxiety leads to shame. Shame leads to avoidance.” Our wealth of options for diabetes is wonderful but can ⬆️ anxiety. Frame strategies as a way to “ease burden” for the person. “A1c is a psychosocial marker, not just a biological marker” @BarrySimonMD @DUcongress #DUCongress24

@algonquin_lakes I “clicked” on the link twice… lol… instant memories : I used to help build and “install” these thunder boxes (not in Algonquin, but along the Lower Madawaska River Provincial Park!)

Anyone want to help me with some behind the scenes stuff for All of Algonquin? I’m trying to figure out if I get stats for my category pages. Clicking on this link will help me figure out the answer (and pls let me know if you do in the comments) allofalgonquin.com/category/the-t…

Poster up in my clinic room to remind me to ask everyone living with #T1D in 🇨🇦 to sign up for the @BetterType1 registry. Here’s the link to recruitment material type1better.com/en/recruitment… #WDD2022

@UCalgary researchers are studying how improvements to digital tools and technology can support health and health care for Albertans. We want to hear about your experience using the current web-based patient portal MyHealth Records. Start survey here: HealthSurveyAlberta.ca

Up front & free to read in our Oct issue #editorspicks: Intestinal lipid absorption and transport in type 2 diabetes bit.ly/3oVF7b2

Are you living with a chronic illness or disability? Are you willing to meet with medical students to help them understand your daily experience? Click the link to see if you'd make a great patient-mentor candidate! bit.ly/3xgI4HI #AbHealth #yeg

Pleased to have worked on this review with @AjjanRamzi @drpratikc @WilmotEmma @chendrieckx et al Via @DiabeticMed onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dm…

HCPs specializing in T1D who support PwD in their diabetes management: please share your knowledge, attitude, and experiences with AID systems – commercial and/or open-source – with researchers from @UAlberta. (1/2) #diabetes #T1D #AID #ArtificialPancreas #MedTwitter #research

Ep 15: Oral 11β-HSD1 inhibitor AZD4017 improves wound healing & skin integrity in adults with T2DM – a new EJE CoMICs video. Read the full article here: doi.org/10.1530/EJE-21… Produced in partnership with @SimbaComics.

1/ For some time now I have advocated for the role of therapeutic nutrition as a way to improve the quality of life of patients living with type 2 diabetes and even induce remission. The concept of remission is exciting but I think it can be a BIG problem as well. A 🧵:

Plain Language Summary ... language used ... can contribute to stigma and stereotyping. This document provides practical examples of language that will encourage positive interactions with people with #diabetes diabetes.ca/advocacy---pol…

I’m totally inundated (thank you again all for the positivity!) so to save numerous emails and DMs. I’ve put all the docs 📄 in one Google Drive: drive.google.com/drive/folders/… - recoloured NICE T2DM guidelines 🎨 - SGLT-2 Top Tips 💊 - GLP-1 Cheat Sheet 💉 #MedTwitter #diabetes

#MODYcourse2022 Really important to know your antibodies and C-peptide! GAD, IA2, ZnT8, Insulin. #Monogenicdiabetes Great, informative session @UKCPADiabetes

Throwback to our Diabetes and #PrimaryCare Journal article on by @HolmesTruscott and @janespeight from @ACBRD where they discussed key barriers people with #T2D face when it comes to starting #insulin and some strategies to consider. Read more here ➡️ pcdsa.com.au/the-journal/vo…

📣 Join us Monday, February 7, 2022, from 12-1 pm MT, ADI Member Dr. Rose Yeung @roaza talks about how gestational diabetes is not all the same. Register here forms.gle/CcAvNjCemy6mbz…

Great new textbook here including a chapter on diabetes by our colleagues @FransPouwer & @BroadleyMelanie, and a chapter on communication by @chendrieckx Well worth a read 👇👇👇

Shocking!🤯 Bookmark this! 🆕💥CDC @CDCMMWR Persons aged <18 years with COVID-19 were more likely to receive a new diabetes diagnosis >30 days after infection than were those without COVID-19 and those with prepandemic acute respiratory infections cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…

📣 please share this excellent opportunity far and wide! DM @IsletTx or @AlbertaDiabetes if interested ⬇️⬇️