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Volunteer Spotlight – Michelle
Name: Michelle Volunteer Position/s: Community Connect Facilitator for Older Adults When did you start volunteering with us? January 2024 What motivated you to volunteer?Living with CVID myself, I understand how isolating and...
Volunteer Spotlight – Makayla
Name: Makayla Volunteer Position/s: Halifax Walk for Immunodeficiency 2024 - set-up and registration desk, meeting Halifax mayor [for World Primary Immunodeficiency Week] When did you start volunteering with us?I started...
Meet Angela R. – World PI Week
How has primary immunodeficiency impacted your daily life? It made me think about how I could pivot if I needed to so I could still do the things I love and enjoy. What's one misconception about primary immunodeficiencies that...
Delia’s Story – World PI Week
How has primary immunodeficiency impacted your daily life, including work, school, or social activities? PI makes me terribly aware of the numbers of other people, their health status and whether they have scent on the moment I...
Zeynep’s Story – World PI Week
https://www.youtube.com/embed/xtPuHyplv_I Transcript Zeynep: Hi, my name is Zeynep. I am an immunology patient. I go to the hospital once a month. I was always sick when I was a baby. I had three ear surgeries. I felt scared and...
Wendy’s Story – World PI Week
How has primary immunodeficiency impacted your daily life? From the time I was born until recent times, I had no knowledge that I had PID and had a limited understanding of viruses and infections, causing me to self-medicate...
Josiah’s Story – World PI Week
https://youtube.com/embed/poxTPcOcuMg Transcript My name is Josiah Friesen and I live in Hamilton, Ontario. I was recently diagnosed with a primary immunodeficiency called polysaccharide antibody deficiency. While this is a more...
Circles on Circles: Maureen’s Story
Can you tell us, in one sentence, how primary immunodeficiency has impacted your daily life? I am a university professor, writer, and mother and unknowingly, sneakily, and for many years, PI circled me closer and closer, taking...