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March 5, 2012: Paranoia at work…
March 5, 2012
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Today started out pretty good — I will give it that. I got a full 8 hours of sleep last night and woke up feeling refreshed. I took my vitamins and ate breakfast about 6:00 A.M., and set off on my journey back to western Oklahoma for work.
I was feeling energetic, happy, and refreshed.
… until I walked into my office.
They Know
I forgot to mention in earlier posts that I actually did end up telling two of my coworkers about my HIV status. One was a 35-year-old female production supervisor, and the other is a male (straight) writer about my age.
I’m not stupid. I knew that at least one of them would go running their mouth to others in the office about what was wrong with me. Read more…
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