[Viva] HIV update video of Dr. Montaner

Thu May 17 16:57:33 PDT 2018

Also, I believe there are outstanding Docs who worked at Pender Street
Clinic, Bute Street and Three Bridges that comes to mind that offer lower
barrier, easy access care for some folks that want nothing to do with
either St.Pauls or OakTree and that is a very good thing. Rarely do you
hear about the work they do for some of the most marginalized populations.
BCCFE has exceptional funding in place for and because of Montaner. And
that's a good thing too.

On Thu, May 17, 2018, 4:10 PM shelly tognazzini <shetognazzini at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hey Denise,
>
> First off, I apologize for my reactionary response above, I was having a
> moment and tired of the same messages and updates being repeated in fancy
> hotels to basically the same folks who were at the last conference where
> all of that information was shared in another fancy hotel less than a month
> ago at a national conference. I am having a bit of a problem with the costs
> associated with all of these updates that seemingly repeat the exact
> information we have readily available online.
>
> I do realize it is a webinar available afterwards, I just wonder if a few
> bucks could be saved by just having a live webinar with a panel as we do
> for many updates with various organizations across the country and the
> globe.  I have met Dr. Montaner several times and have worked as you know
> at St. Paul's hospital in clinic and know the global signifigence and
> impacts of his contributions to HIV research. I have heard him speak many
> times.  He is a formidable contributor to the HIV/AIDS movement. I even
> find him charming at times. I am glad you are happy with his care and that
> he works for you!  I completely understand and meant no disrespect to him
> as a Dr.
>
> I just find the "entourage" of politics and media that surrounds him to be
> dominated with MSM concerns/comments and much less on women's and
> children's HIV care. Maybe that's the medias fault somewhat, but also it is
> most certainly the reason he is housed at BCCFE and St. Paul's hospital.
> The reality that we as women have a choice in the lower mainland to choose
> between women's centred care at Oak Tree clinic, or wrap around care with
> in house blood results (all blood results for the province come from St.
> Paul's I believe) at St. Paul's is a testament to the cutting edge care we
> have access too in this province. Both facilities are leading the way in
> HIV research and for that I am extremely grateful.  I believe in the need,
> in fact, necessity for Women's centred care and for that reason I get my
> care at OakTree. Somedays there can be a wait, but it's generally because
> someone is in need of extra time, so I can wait for the time when that
> might be me. Lately that hasn't been the case at all, and I rarely wait 5
> minutes past my scheduled time. I love it there and it works for me. I also
> completely respect, and whole heartedly understand your choice of care with
> Dr. Montaner and in no way meant to dismiss him as a Dr.
>
> I was mostly complaining how many times we update the recent updates...I
> was having a grumpy morning.  Thanks Denise, hope this lands better with
> you.
>
> Shelly☺
>
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> On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 2:39 PM, Denise Wozniak <deniseswozniak at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> It is a webinar, Shelly. It can reach many people afterwards.
>>
>> I have had Dr. Montaner as my specialist since 1996 and I can assure you
>> he is not there to help one population.  There are far more people seeing
>> him from the West End and from the Downtown East Side because he is closer
>> to them.  Many women still go to Oak Tree Clinic.
>>
>> In my own case, a long time ago I was kept for hours seeing many
>> different people at Oak Tree Clinic and it was very difficult to go there
>> after my child had died because of the memories.  In addition, in those
>> days we waited weeks or more for our blood test results.  This was because
>> they were sent to St. Paul's Hospital.  Once I saw Dr. Montaner at a
>> conference, I knew he was on the cutting edge of new medication and I
>> changed immediately. Once I changed I got my results right away or within a
>> few days.  Now, of course, we can see our results on e-health and that was
>> not the case before.
>>
>> Anyone could go to the update from Oak Tree and give a talk.. I am sure
>> it's not exclusive to St. Paul's.
>>
>> Denise
>>
>> On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 1:36 PM, shelly tognazzini <
>> shetognazzini at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Denise,
>>>  Is it only the 2:30 minutes? ...not sure what to say except how much
>>> does it cost to do these updates every 6 months in a hotel? Why can't this
>>> be a webinar? Why is there not a single mention of PreP for Hetero or a
>>> single statement on women?   I realize it's just an overview of the event,
>>> it just always seems Montaner is so MSM focused...just my opinion. Thanks
>>> for posting Denise
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 17, 2018, 12:17 PM Denise Wozniak <deniseswozniak at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> You may want to watch this.. I can see it on FB.
>>>> Denise
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.facebook.com/bccfe/videos/10156037673426620/?notif_id=1526497191711259&notif_t=notify_me_page
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