'I still have to pinch myself when I see how far we have come in the treatment of HIV here in the UK and the developed world. I have been very fortunate to witness the most extraordinary advancement of treatment options.'
My GP sent me to ‘The Special Clinic’ – she suspected I had syphilis. I was seen and admitted for a biopsy as every lymph node and gland in my body was enlarged and painful.
On this day in 1984, the US National Cancer Institute discovered that Aids was caused by HIV. There was an understanding at this point that this is what caused it, but to hear it confirmed felt terrifying and only confirmed my fears that this was a death sentence.For HIV to become Aids, a person must have at least three infections brought about by the virus attacking the immune system.
Sometime in the mid-to-late 80s I was asked if I would like to join the Concorde trial, which tested the drug AZT — which had previously only been given to people with Aids — on people with HIV, to see if they could slow the disease.
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