49 Voices: Diane Timberlake of Anchorage

Diane Timberlake says testing for HIV is a healthy choice. Photo courtesy of family.
Diane Timberlake says testing for HIV is a healthy choice. Photo courtesy of family.

Now it’s time for 49 voices. This week we’re hearing from Diane Timberlake who was released from prison in 2007 and moved to a halfway house in Fairbanks. The year before she had tested positive for both HIV and Hepatitis C, and she wasn’t sure she’d be able to live a normal life when she was released. And then something happened…

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Anne Hillman is the healthy communities editor at Alaska Public Media and a host of Hometown, Alaska. Reach her at ahillman@alaskapublic.org. Read more about Anne here.

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