Hi! I m going to Toronto in April and I would love to meet with members of this group 
I live in Portugal and never met anyone with an avm and it would have been so much harder this journey without this group…If I could meet any of you during this trip I would be very happy!
Hi Rita,
I live in Toronto and I wouldn’t mind meeting up with you or with a group from this site. How long will you be staying?
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Hey Rita,
I live in Toronto! I’ve met one other person with AVM, and it was not similar to mine at all, haha.
I love your idea; it would be fun to get a group together to do something.
Hello Rita,
I would love to do a meetup. I think it’s important to share our stories and support one another. Although I’m a part of this website and live in Toronto, I too have never met anyone in person whose had an AVM. Count me in!
This is great, I hope it works out! It will be so neat to speak to each other in person. Take Care, John.
So nice to read all your answers The trip is booked from 14 to 24 of April (my birthday is at 17) and I dont know if you guys remember from my posts the original trip was to Perú last June but my neurosurgeon didnt “let me” and I just switched the trip to the only place that was possible…Toronto.
At the time the whole situation stressed me so much that I didnt wanted to think anymore about it…but the truth is that I didnt found any friend willing to go with me and they say its cold in April 
I love to visit big cities and after visiting New York and San Francisco I knew I wanted to visit Canadá…but being my first solo trip makes me insecure…I need your advise…
As avmers and Toronto habitants what do you think? Is Toronto safe, I will make friends and the weather wont be that bad?
I would say overall Toronto is a safe city but like any big metropolis there comes the bad with the good. Mid to end of April is our spring season so I would say generally it isn’t the warmest weather but you won’t freeze either. I would say it generally ranges from 10-15 degrees? Our weather is quite similar to NYC’s weather as we are next-door neighbours. We have a large Portuguese culture here with even a little Portugal area where you can visit many restaurants and bars making delicious food! Fyi, My fiance is Portuguese so I know we have some amazing spots around the city 
Hi,
I live in Toronto and I have my occiptical AVM resected in 2014. I’d be happy to answer to your questions.
Thanks,
Farzad
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