Several prominent black and Latina women in western New York State made a public showing of taking HIV tests yesterday during a church service in Buffalo, NY. The women, who included Buffalo Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples and County Legislator Betty Jean Grant, took oral swab tests in front of a congregation of about 700 in order to encourage minority communities to get tested.
"I'm HIV positive and diabetic (as well as have high cholesterol) and some of my meds specify taking them with 'high fat foods' which I have to do twice a day. I've eaten as healthy as possible, but when it comes to high fat foods, I am in a quandary...about what to eat sometimes..."