I was at the most vulnerable and yet the safest stage of my life. Never thought of being so helpless. The time dragged, days felt even longer, the sun shined bright but I felt I stood in total darkness.The feeling of being cured was all that helped me to hang on. When I overheard the nurse talking, it was [...]
Family, food, hope, indentity, induced sputum, isolation, Motivation, sputum, testing
I started my consultation with my 3rd physician on May 2004. She was already 70 years old and was the older cousin of my second physician. Just like her cousin, she also told me that I needed to submit sputum specimen for culture (TBC) and drug susceptibility test (DST). During those times, though I was [...]
After spending a great amount of money to complete three cycles of treatment with my first private doctor for 18 long months, my auntie referred me to another doctor in hope that this new doctor could cure me from the disease. The doctor she referred to me was the same doctor that managed the TB [...]
The exciting news for me over the past month has been the result of my last sputum test. I recently received a third sputum negative result. The doctor told me they are waiting for confirmation of these results from Mbabane (national reference laboratory). Once confirmed, then I will stop taking injections at the end of [...]
community, HIV/AIDS, injections, MDR-TB, sputum, Support Network, tuberculosis, work
My name is Lamwaka Grace and I’m from Kitgum District. I am 26. I came to be a TB patient in 2006. When I went to the hospital I had a serious cough and they diagnosed with TB. That’s when I started my treatment I started the treatment well and my condition was also good. [...]
