[Viva] video story of HIV diagnosis

[shelly tognazzini]

Good morning gals,
Thank you Denise for posting Jennifer's amazing video and journey living
with HIV. and thank you Danielle for sharing your words as well. I love how
she tells her story with photos and her words, and how honest and
compelling to watch it presents.  Hard not to watch it twice.

I have been waiting for permission to share this with you all, and since
the International AIDS Conference is now finished in Amsterdam, I can. Some
of you may know I was working on a film project over the past several
months, and some of you may remember the filmmaker, Edmond Kilpatrick who
interviewed a bunch of women at PWN a few years ago. This is his thesis
project and I (though, I am really kind of nervous!!) to share it with you
now...

Hope everyone has a great weekend, and thank you all for the love and
support so many of you have showed me during my most challenging times
living with HIV.  Big hugs...hope it resonates with someone out there.

www.edmondkilpatrick.com

Shelly


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*Shelly Tognazzini*
HIV Peer Research, Health and Wellness Coordination

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On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 6:44 PM Danielle <northern.islander at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Lisa's story is as much my own.  I was ill, more from the early
> medications back in 1985 than from the virus, and that long ago the
> counseling doctor suggested "get your affairs in order".  Every sniffle,
> every sneeze, made me think I was in end days.  Prognosis was "within 3
> years" to death.  That was easy to believe at the time because so many were
> dying every week.  I was volunteering most days each week at what was then
> Vancouver Persons With AIDS Society when they were holding forth at the
> corner of Davie Street and Bute in Vancouver's west end.  Someone I was
> volunteering side by side with on Friday could be shockingly gone by
> Monday.
>
> Like Lisa, I was also in the midst of a new relationship with a new man.
> I expected that to end immediately with this reality taking hold of my
> life.  I'm blessed.  We are happy as ever to this day, closing in on our
> 30th anniversary.  Until this year I always felt I was living under a
> weighted jeopardy.  The news of U=U hadn't reached me until I was sponsored
> to attend Positive Gathering 2018.  It still seems surreal and not quite
> believable.  I don't think I'll ever put the concept to the test but it's
> nice to know there is one more barrier between me and the ability to cause
> harm.
>
> Thank you for sharing Lisa's story.
> Danielle
>
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 11:23 AM, Kath Webster <kathwebster at shaw.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for posting Denise.  J
>>
>> Here is link to  another video by Jennifer Vaughn.  It is her story of
>> being diagnosed just a couple of years ago.  The video is very well done –
>> check it out.
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgtaU9GKNHg
>>
>>
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