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TB&Me is the first patient blog from Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders.

Treatment options for multi-drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis (TB) are extremely limited. Patients can face years of severe side-effects, and a cure is not guaranteed.

TB&Me bloggers are speaking out, letting others know they are not alone, and making a powerful call for change.

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White Orchid
TB blogger
19th month of treatment
"Here it is this happy moment when you realize that the course of treatment will be over soon."
27 Jun 2017
Ulyosh
TB blogger
TB & Me: Looking at life from a new angle
TB survivor Ulyosh blogs about how a little change in perspective can transform how we see our problems...  
02 Jun 2017
White Orchid
TB blogger
18th month of treatment
27 May 2017
Ruslan Lysiura
TB blogger
TB & Me: "The hospital reminded me of some kind of a jail"
Ruslan is from Ukraine and is currently being treated for drug-resistant tuberculosis. He shares his story...   
16 May 2017
White Orchid
TB blogger
17th month of treatment
Today we are going to discuss my favorite topic - ‘A sound mind in a sound body’.
27 Apr 2017
Abatgul Tajimuratova
TB blogger
TB & Me: Abatgul's diary, part 3 - "When the drugs kick in"
Abatgul is a journalist and a tuberculosis (TB) patient advocate. On her blog, she's sharing entries from the diary that she kept during her treatment for drug resistant TB. In this post, she writes about dealing with medication and the powerful side-effects
13 Apr 2017
White Orchid
TB blogger
16th month of treatment
27 Mar 2017
Artem
TB blogger
TB & Me: 'You need to get treatment and believe in yourself'
Artem  blogs from Ukraine about his experience of multi-drug-resistant TB...
22 Mar 2017
Ulyosh
TB blogger
TB & Me: The power inside me
Ulyosh reflects on finding her strength, even when physically she was at her weakest...
21 Mar 2017
White Orchid
TB blogger
15th month of treatment
Musical accompaniment of the page
17 Mar 2017
White Orchid
TB blogger
14th month of treatment
 
17 Mar 2017
White Orchid
TB blogger
13th month of treatment
17 Mar 2017

Latest posts

Maddy driving
TB & Me: "I often think multi-drug-resistant TB survivors must be superhumans."
2018: One Year Later
TB & Me: If I am asked “What is happiness?”
TB & Me: Thanks to those who were there for me!
Tuberculosis: Diagnosis or verdict? – Diagnosis.
TB&Me: Abatgul’s diary, part 5 – “One year completed”.
TB& Me: The most important thing in life is balance
TB & Me: Human superpowers
TB&Me: Abatgul’s diary part 4 - The consequences of self-treatment
TB & Me: "Going through TB was tough, but so was I"
20th month of treatment (final)
Nandipha Notywala
TB & Me: "I am living proof that TB can be beaten"