Got a needle stick today while drawing blood from a patient who is an IV drug user. I have to take antiretroviral meds for at least 5 days, maybe 28 days, to prevent HIV. The meds will make me pretty sick. There's nothing to prevent Hepatitis C. The patient had negative tests done in Jan, so probably OK, but still scary and I'm not looking forward to being sick. I'll need bloodwork every 6 weeks for the next 9 months to make sure I stay negative.

I'm home now, and taking tomorrow off too. I took the first dose of meds, so I'll have to see what happens to me. I was crying before, now I'm just really tired.