Category: Patient Story

Anxiety and depression are common in BVMI patients. All struggle daily with the challenges of living in poverty, and many have suffered trauma and abuse. Riva is one of those patients who are feeling more hopeful than ever thanks to the help she’s received from BVMI.

Meet Blanca. Her story is a work in progress. She’s a hard working mom who holds down two jobs while caring for her husband and two children.

Irene is 40-year-old single mom with diabetes who became a patient earlier this year. Like so many BVMI patients, Irene lives on the edge. BVMI is her lifeline to better health.

When Juana needed to see a doctor, her daughter found BVMI. Using what she’s learned in BVMI’s Prevent Diabetes Program, Juana is feeling healthier physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Martha is a 75-year-old patient whose serious health issues went untreated because she didn’t have health insurance. In 2015, she became a patient at BVMI, and was diagnosed with aortic stenosis and heart failure, serious cardiac issues that needed immediate attention.

Lee became a BVMI patient in 2019. At her first wellness visit, she told her doctor than she has a family history of breast cancer, but had not had a mammogram in many years because she had no health insurance.

Luis is nearly 70 years old living on his own with no relatives in the area. He has diabetes and arthritis, but no health insurance. He works when jobs are available.