Chronicle Of A Person Living With A Positive Status

Most positive living people hide their status because of judgemental people, even the ones that form woke are worse when it comes to stigmatisation.



I used to have this friend that works in a medical lab, though we were a bit close but I never disclosed my status to her , she's always telling me of how people come to their hospital for hiv treatment age even mentioned some people who we both knew that was how I knew my secret will never be safe with her.

One day,she told me she's trying to work her transfer to the hospital I use to collect my treatment cos it's closer to her and also it's a bigger hospital, God forgive me cos I was silently praying that the transfer will not be possible, but God answered her prayer against mine, and the transfer pulled through. I was so sad when she told me cos I knew my secret was about to be opened .

We normally do routine check in the lab once a year ,to check viral load so I knew there's no escape but I was still hopeful cos the lab has different offices and she's not in the virology lab, but I ran out of luck the day I went for the test. 

Unknown to me she saw me leaving the virology lab and she went there immediately, the lab girl knows me and I already told her I have someone in the laboratory that I'm dodging , the lab lady told me she came and checked the form I submitted for the test and saw my name,she couldn't stop her cos my friend is a senior staff, she asked the lady if I'm a new patient but the girl said she doesn't know that she can't give her the info, so my friend left. 

The lady called me immediately and told me.
I was so disturbed cos I don't want this my friend to find out,I called my husband immediately and he told me not to allow that to bother me that do I know what my friend too has in her body or do I think it's everything she's also telling me, but I was restless knowing the kind of person she is.

One day, I called her and told her I was aware she went to the lab to check my form but I was expecting her to say something since, she told me why didn't I tell her, and I told her it's not easy to give out such info. I knew she would have told her sister and husband cos there's no day she'll not tell me , today they prayed for me o, you know that kind of sentimental prayer, I didn't ask you to pray for me, why will you go n be praying for me during your family prayer time, isn't that alabosi?
There was a day she was at the salon and she called me and was telling me about NSSPD that if I hear several hiv testimonies that I should try and join, and everyone working in that salon knows me in fact I was the one that introduced her to the salon. That was when I started cutting ties with her, I'm sure most of her friends that aren't my friend are already aware cos anytime I enter church I see their looks, don't let me lie to you,I stopped going to the church because of that, thankfully we relocated from that area, and I cut all ties with her .

Evil friend!!!