Amid the uncertainty that life with HIV brings, African-American women, like those featured here, live with hope and strength.
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."I was crying for at least six months," she said of learning she was HIV positive 10 years ago."It hurt me real bad."and aging with HIV.
Regardless of how HIV altered their lives, these women, now in their 50s and 60s, suffer from debilitating health problems, a result of living a lifetime with HIV and the toxic effects of long-term medication use. Many rely on fragmented public safety nets and will need even more health and disability benefits as they age.
Wright was forced to marry her son's father, and the relationship became abusive. She turned to crack cocaine to cope and became hooked."You wanted to do the right thing because you're a mom and you got this damn job you have to get to," she said."But you didn't have any control. You wanted it all the damn time."She began to get sick. Even though she knew something was seriously wrong, she was either too high or too scared to go the hospital.
She became pregnant when she was in 10th grade. Her son was born prematurely, and he died right after his birth. She remembers holding him."I have his birth and his death certificates," she said between tears.
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