"Plasma protein therapies changed my entire life."
Terry, living with CVID
"My name is Terry, and I am 60 years old. I was diagnosed in the early 1990's with CVID, an immune deficiency disease. I was very sick for the first 33 years of my life. I had all kinds of illnesses – bronchitis, pneumonia, conjunctivitis, and eye and ear infections. My body doesn’t make antibodies, similar to a diabetic who makes no insulin. When people ask me if I wanted to be a group exercise instructor, I say no. Because I was so ill, it was never in the realm of my imagination. Today, the nurse visits at home once a month for my injection. The rest of the time, I forget I have an illness.
"Without the plasma protein therapy, I wouldn’t be able to have a life. I wouldn’t even be alive. One of my biggest fears is that somehow I would lose access to this medication and be forced to go back into that downwards spiral towards death."