I was my husband's 'widow in waiting'

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Some 4,800 people with the disorder haemophilia were infected with hepatitis C or HIV in the 1970s and 80s. More than 2,000 are thought to have died."It's not the life I imagined in terms of dreams, in terms of ambitions," Steve Dymond told the Victoria Derbyshire programme in April 2018."When I talk about my wife, I talk about her as my widow in waiting."

In the 1970s and 80s, the NHS was importing Factor VIII from the US, where high-risk groups like prisoners were paid to give blood.Reports of a new form of cancer started to emerge, first in the gay community then among other groups like haemophiliacs.Image copyright"The young registrar took a packet off the shelf and treated him with Factor VIII. The bruise disappeared after an hour, so it was totally unnecessary," said Su.

"Within 24 hours [of diagnosis] we found out we would never have children and that he was going to die early."It was only in 2013 that a new drug was approved that could successfully eliminate the Hepatitis C virus from Steve's body.

 

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