I?m just feeling fragile right now. The client disrespected my barriers and didn?t understand what this means.
I'm so sorry this happened to you!
People may have cavalier (and idiotic, in my opinion) attitudes to risking their own lives by having unprotected sex with strangers and/or with other people who have unprotected sex with strangers, but to do this to someone without their permission, against their will, is absolutely disgusting behaviour.
I don't have personal experience with PEP but I think we've all been disrespected by somebody who demonstrates a total disregard for your health or personal comfort/safety/happiness in some way at some point so I do know how breathtaking the shock and horror can feel. And then you just feel like you've lost all faith in humanity and it can all be extremely depressing.
You should definitely not have to deal with this alone - I'm glad the counsellor at Praed was helpful; could they perhaps provide an on-going meet or two just for added support? I'm not sure what's available there, but if they can't do it I'm sure they would give you the details of another health/support organisation that could. It depends on your personal feelings, of course, but this could be something like a rape victim support group or organisation, or perhaps someone who's able to discuss fears relating to HIV/AIDs, or someone who is involved with helping sex workers through trickier times.
I'm really hoping for all the best for you during this awful time, although thankfully it will be a limited time. I don't think you need to explain illness to friends or family - you could get a dreadful flu at any time, really, and perhaps 'confide' that you've not been eating your fruit & veg recently. I know that sounds a bit silly but I can't imagine anyone seeing that you're under the weather and deciding to interrogate you about why - if they did, you'd be well within your rights to be sick on their shoes and tell them to bugger off!
Please do let us know here if there's anything else you need that we can help with, too. If there's any chance of taking even a day off in the upcoming weeks to have entirely to yourself - no friends' or boyfriend's questions to answer, no family stress, just taking care of yourself and having a little time to breathe and relax, then please do try to do so - you deserve a bit of time off from other worries right now as your body needs to deal with the PEP stuff.