How has the North Carolina AIDS Drug Assistance Program affected your life?
I am an ADAP client. It is very important to me that ADAP gets funding—it means I’m able to take my medication and don’t have to be overwhelmed with trying to figure out how to afford it. I have many friends that are also in the ADAP program, and without that funding we wouldn’t have access to any of our medicine and without that medicine we would get very sick and possibly even die. This program enables us to live much longer than we ever could without our medication. My doctor says that I’m in the best health I’ve been in all my life. I am now married, and my husband and I are looking to have children. None of this would be possible without ADAP. Interview by Blaire Benson This ispart of a series of interviews highlighting the impact that the AIDS Drug Assistance Program has on the lives of people in North Carolina. If you would like to share your story, contact Claire at claire@ncaan.org. To take action to save the AIDS Drug Assistance Program from proposed budget cuts, send an email to your legislators now.
