After receiving an unconventional treatment for cancer, he was declared HIV-free last year. Now, the londonpatient speaks out.
A London man revealed last year to be the second-ever person to be HIV-free has publicly identified himself.he calls himself"LP" — or London Patient — and has launched a Twitter account as an"ambassador of hope" to speak about his experience and provide support to other people with HIV.
In March last year, doctors said Castillejo — who was anonymous at the time — received a bone marrow transplant intended to treat his non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Castillejo was first diagnosed with HIV in 2003 and was told in 2011 that he had Stage 4 lymphoma. The cancer diagnosis affected his HIV treatment, and his HIV status complicated his cancer treatment.
Bone-marrow transplants are occasionally used to treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, but the procedure has rarely been done with cancer patients who also have HIV. In 2015, per the Times, he underwent an experimental bone marrow transplant with a doctor, Ian Gabriel, who works with patients who have HIV. They were able to find a donor that matched, and also had a
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