'I have HIV, just like Emmerdale's Val'
Emmerdale's hard-hitting Val Pollard HIV plot sent a chill down Rachel Dilley's spine - it was like watching her life being played out on the ITV soap opera.
Just like the Emmerdale character she had been diagnosed with the virus - and it was sexually transmitted. Rachel only had unprotected sex once, but that once changed her life forever. Rachel joins us now, along with our doctor, who is on-hand to give a medical perspective on the dangers of unprotected sex, on being sexually active as you get older, and on HIV and Aids.
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