Few weeks back I did a manifesto, alongside Dr Jenny and XDR-TB patients who attend the support group here at Lizo (Nobanda). We wrote the manifesto so that we could get a word out there mainly on the things that we as patients demand from the people responsible for giving treatment to whose affected and [...]
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
It’s been a while since the last blog, a lot has happened, GOOD and BAD news. I’ll start with the bad news. Recently I lost a dear friend. We were close in the TB care center, we shared almost everything, more like a brother-and-sister kind of relationship. He was a good guy, no wonder people [...]
I still feel heat in my body, which I know is a side effect. I cannot think and concentrate very well, but I know that when I finish my treatment it will go away. When I think about it I get very excited. When the time comes to write my last post I will be [...]
Since I have had so many side effects, I have been mentally blank, and I am not sure what to say. But one thing – I have had a lot of pains one way or another. Lots of physical problems, and I was hospitalized also. Although I’ve had these physical pains, I hope it is [...]
