I was afraid that people would react badly towards me, but if I got up on my feet again, then their reactions would be good, and they'd ask me how I was getting along. For half a year, I had worked at an undertaker and it was there that I came across an easier way to deal with my workmates questions about HIV and AIDS. Whenever someone died from AIDS, it was noted in big, red, capital letters on top of the file.

I found that really quite strange, since when people died of any other disease, there was nothing written on the files. It was obvious that my work mates were real cautious and afraid when people died of AIDS, and so I kept my mouth shut about my HIV status.

At my current work, people know nothing and I will leave it at that. I don't want the risk of appearing to be the poor person with HIV instead of a healthy work mate.