As I mentioned in my last entry, I began my treatment again. It was very difficult as I had a big fear, but this time it was different – I had an inner belief that I could really do it. So I began taking my drugs like it was the first time. I had persuaded [...]
This post is also available in Russian After having received treatment for regular TB, I was to be discharged from the hospital and start the continuation phase of the treatment. And as soon as I began the next phase, I realized that things were not going to be as easy as I thought. Despite my [...]
Пройдя курс лечения от обычной формы туберкулеза в больнице, я должна была выписаться и перейти на следующую фазу лечения. Не успев перейти на эту новую фазу, я осознала, что все будет намного сложнее, чем я думала. Вопреки моему оптимизму, множество препятствий вставали на моем пути избавления от туберкулеза раз и навсегда. Неожиданно у меня начался [...]
After 18 months of hard treatment for Multi Drug Resistant TB, I have finally come to a point where I feel like I can let my hair down a bit. Tomorrow, I am scheduled to have my last dose of TB medications. This is a great celebration for me, because I have been on a [...]
Drugs, Family, Hospital, injections, isolation, MDR-TB, quarantine, superbug, support
My advice to the community, and to the people of the whole world? I know TB is stigmatised; in the workplace, in the shops, everywhere people go, because TB is linked a lot with HIV/AIDS. I want to tell people that they should not be saying that having one means you have another. I know [...]
