2010 Surrey BC HIV AIDS Awareness Week

Details and events to be announced

As a 48 yr old male living with HIV for almost 20 years I have dedicated the rest of my life to HIV Aids Awareness and fundraising for causes relating to this disease on a local, national and international level.

With the increase in the spread of the virus among youth, women and the aboriginal communities in Canada and the Latino and African American communities in the U.S. there is still more to be done.

SURREY HIV AIDS AWARENESS WEEK 2009 was a wonderful success and once again we putting HIV Aids on the radar in the hopes that we can perhaps see a generation without HIV Aids.

We also raised over $2500 for Local  AIDS charities.

So check out this site and if you wish to participate or help please contact me hivaids@martinstorm.com

My Journey with HIV & Aids

1989 Diagnosed HIV positive

1993 First Shingles outbreak

1995 First placed on HIV cocktail

1997 Cocktail changed due to ineffective treatment and side effects

2000 Decided to go off the treatment and was off treatment for over 2 yrs

2003 Full Blown pneumonia - hospitalization and life threatening diagnosis

2005 2nd pneumonia - caught in time but treatable (bedridden for 2 weeks)

2006 3rd pneumonia - treated but major side effects to pneumonia medication

2007 minor pneumonia

November 11 2007 - Denied entry to US due to HIV status

2008 - Symptom free and no identifiable viral load

March 2008 - Rally against HIV Travel Ban Held in Vancouver - Read More Click Here

December 2008 - 1st Surrey HIV AIDS Awareness Week

August 2009 - Multiple rallies were hosted on August 16th in both the US and Canada to finally demand the removal of the US HIV Travel Ban.

October 2009 - US HIV Travel Ban finally lifted with a legal visit date of January 4th 2010.

November 2009 - Successful 2nd Annual AIDS Awareness week held in Surrey

January 4th 2010 - Martin was the first person from BC to travel into the US following the official lifting of the Ban