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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Finding retired you person HIV tin beryllium scary and intimidating news, but truthful overmuch has changed that present radical tin pb agelong and fulfilling lives; they nary longer person to interest astir transmission to their loved ones. There is besides truthful overmuch enactment and HIV nary longer carries the stigma it erstwhile did.
Leslie Leiburg had nary thought she had HIV until she went for a gestation check-up, but she soon recovered the support, guidance and attraction she needed astatine the peculiar services session connected Community Regional Medical Center’s campus.
“When I came implicit here, they truly enactment maine astatine ease. And I've been seeing Dr. Gomez since 2014, and I emotion him,” she said.
Doctor Ivan Gomez has cared for those with HIV and AIDS for astir 25 years. He says the session has been astatine the forefront of the conflict against HIV for decades.
Part of what makes it truthful palmy is however they are capable to conscionable patients wherever they are astatine successful their journey.
“I deliberation whenever anyone presents for care, for immoderate wellness condition, not conscionable HIV, but peculiarly for HIV, you know, portion of it is benignant of seeing what spot they're coming from, and giving them the enactment and reassurance that, you know, we're present to assistance you,” helium said.
HIV was erstwhile thought of arsenic a decease condemnation for galore people. But each of that has changed acknowledgment to caller treatments that are available. They not lone assistance those who person HIV, but they besides forestall its transmission.
And radical similar Leslie are not lone surviving productive, mean lives, she has go an advocator and a enactment assets for others.
“I archer everybody and I amended radical about, however it is to person it and what it is now. I'm surviving a large beingness with nary issues. I'm going to unrecorded for astir apt longer than the cockroaches,” she said. “Honestly, I consciousness similar due to the fact that I get immunized for everything and I consciousness similar due to the fact that of them, I get the champion attraction that I perchance can, I think.”
Community provides a assortment of enactment groups and resources for radical surviving with HIV.
