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Stories of African-American women aging with HIV: ‘My life wasn’t what I hoped it to be’

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Sophia Harrison has lived with epilepsy, breast cancer and HIV and is surviving all three. Aamir KhullerCC BY-NC-SA

Sophia Harrison, 51, is a single mother of two, with an extended family to support. She has lived with epilepsy her entire life; she suffers from hypertension; and she is a breast cancer survivor.

Yet more challenging than any of these was learning she was HIV-positive.

“I was crying for at least six months,” she said of learning she was HIV positive 10 years ago. “It hurt me real bad.” Read More

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