Now, finally, my story is complete.
I shared it with you through this blog throughout all these months of treatment. By sharing the whole story with you from the beginning, I also had to revisit some of the early and most difficult periods of the treatment.
My story was full of challenging situations and personal struggles. As my ‘special day’ got closer, the idea of completing the treatment made me stronger every moment.
As I told you in my video blogs earlier this year, I planned to have a real party with cake, balloons and champagne on the last day of the treatment.
For a very long time I have been imagining this moment in my mind: the last day of my treatment.
Yes, today it really become reality.
‘My friend’ TB decided to return my health to me and depart from me forever.
To the MSF people who were always next to me , thank you for your great and efficient work. My treating doctor is a wonderful person who fought against drug-resistant TB together with me. He has inspired me with hope and optimism.
I am thankful to him and to the nurses who were with me every day.
Thank you for helping me complete my treatment and become a part of the history of MSF activities.
I love you all!
I am happy, and I can say aloud – I am proud of myself!
My dears, today I can surely say that drug resistant TB is a curable disease and that I am completely healthy.
Yesssss…My Wonderful Day!
I defeated TB!
Dear Mariam Jan.
I saw your celebration today, so I’m so happy that we found a good doctor for MSF. SO if u can com to Afghanistan that will be a big gift for us. so i want to chat u live.. if u have free time for me. i saw ur picture, i like that so much.that’s really nice.
Engineer Wahid Sahil
Hi Marium,
Congratulations Dear.
hi<i am a patient of tb….i am in the treatment of the mdr tb,,,,its very hard to face the problems right now,,,,therefor i started sufing web…..i am starting this http://www.facebook.com/riseabove.tuberculosis to make me feel easy and all the victims… all i need is a little acknowledgement from you all…thank you
Congratulations to Mariam & Congratulations to MSF.I am proud of MSF who saved mariam life .Hapy new life mariam God bless u
Congratulation on your recovery
I know your joy
I contracted TB in Banda Aceh while working as a humanitarian worker many years ago but received treatment early so I can only wish you great and happy days ahead.
Well done Mariam, congratulations! What a fantastic day, and what beautiful pictures. Best wishes for the future!
Congratulations Mariam jan!
Fantastic news ! Enjoy life now Miriam !
Congratulations to MSF for fighting tuberculosis all over the world !
You are really a wonderfull and optimistic person,
even when you were suffering wid TB you accepted the situation, acted to change it and shared your progress wid us…..
and i want to thanx for it…
THANK YOU MARIAN:)
Great! I’m so glad for her, but also know we must step up research to stay ahead of mutations toward resistance. I was infected with TB when I was six years old. Fortunately it was detected early after a nearby death (in my New York City Queens Public School 107) sparked broad testing and treatment arrested the disease in my bloodstream before it could cause damage. This was in 1974, so earlier antibiotics were still effective.
Amazing Mariam. Well done and good luck with life without your ‘friend’!
Thank you for blogging…
Pete
Hello
Congrats on your success treatment of TB.
You are so great!
Wish, enjoy your fantastic days
and Keep your health.