This blog is a continuation of my 15th August 15 2011 blog, Physician’s Susceptibility I had my fourth doctor three years after I was diagnosed with having PTB (pulmonary tuberculosis). She became my attending physician in November 2004 when I was hospitalized due to hemoptysis (coughing up of blood or bloody sputum from the lungs [...]
depression, faith, grieving, hearing, hemoptysis, resistance, Side effects
Hi to all!It’s been 8 months since I last wrote a blog for TB and ME. I became busy with my new work. I promise to continue narrating my experiences in TB but for now, let me share with you my story as written by John Donnelly of the Global Post. He interviewed me sometime [...]
Family, hope, isolation, resistance, Side effects, TB, tests, treatment, work, XDR TB
“There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow” , Indeed a strong quote from Orison Swett Marden (American writer) on which I lived. I was on the second line of treatment which had a massive regime. The drugs were; oral tablets; pyrazinamide, cyloserine, ciprofloxacin, prothionamide, and intravenous [...]
hickman line, hope, resistance, Side effects, steroids, treatment
The first time I returned to Bangui, I felt poorly throughout the trip along the road, but after a certain amount of time, the discomfort went away. At this time, my stock of medications to treat my tuberculosis is exhausted, I don’t have medication. I am still waiting patiently for the medicine; the doctors promised [...]
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 [...]
