I probably have some sort of medical appointment every week. It’s an incredible amount of time.

I have had HIV for 26 years.

I was denying it and thought it was going to blow over. Then I was angry. I thought, 'This is going to interrupt my life.'

This is happening! We’re being called back.

I always look for the latest detection methods and treatments. There must be some advances! There’s nothing.

Then the radiologist said, “It’s cancer.”

I was terrified for the first month. The overnight shifts! You are allowed to sleep but you still have to be very vigilant.

I don’t mind making basically minimum wage.

"The challenge in Canada is the failure to acknowledge the impact of racism or white supremacist logic in health care."

"Providers downplay the role of racism."

"I kept wondering what was going on in my patient's lives. That led to my research."

"I wanted to work in community clinics."

"I had the operation, but it turned out I didn’t have cancer. I was very angry."

"It turned out I didn't have cancer."

I said to myself, ‘If this is what the rest of my life is going to be like, I am not going to waste it.’

Disability is not stopping me from living.

"Our region is putting more effort into health promotion through social media.”

"We're doing more through social media."

"I’ve given up apologizing. I agree that this isn’t good care, and ask patients to complain because I'm not having any luck."

"Overcrowding makes us cut corners in emerg."

I think the private system I am using is one that everybody should have in terms of the quality of health care.

I have been paying for private health care.