Kumusta na kayo guys?
2 months ago, I was diagnosed with this, just finishing my 2nd month of meds this week. 4 months to go.
1 month before I got diagnosed, out of the blue after drinking iced tea I coughed out blood about 4 tbsp. Went to ER, got xray, clear. I was advised to have a follow up check up with an ENT and Gastro. Suspected bleeding is either from throat or stomach since clear ang xray. I had a gastroscopy and laryngoscopy, both clear.
Then I was advised to consult a Pulmonologist because I started having persistent cough, night sweats and most of the time I was light headed. The Pulmo suspected it was just an ordinary infection, gave me Amoxiclav for a week but still I did not get better. Then he instructed me to have TB sputum test, skin test, and CT Scan. Sputum and skin came back negative, CT Scan however has an impression/interpretation of "signs of infection particularly tuberculosis" and also signs of hemorrhage. However, the Pulmo was still not sure because the other tests was negative. So he just gave me cough suppressants.
We started having doubts with the said Pulmo so I consulted another Pulmonologist. It was much better experience talking to the 2nd Pulmo, he had a look at all my labs and said that it was most probably TB, gave me a prescription for TB meds and then a lab referral for QUANTIFERON TB GOLD. Apparently this is the most modern TB test, it's a blood test with the highest accuracy AFAIK. It came back positive and from then on I'm taking the TB meds. My wife also consulted another Pulmo to check if she was infected and thank God she was not. She gave my lab results to her doctor and she also said it was in fact TB. I'm so glad I got a 2nd opinion. After I got the positive TB blood test, I still went to my original Pulmo without telling him I already consulted another one, he advised me to come back after 3 months to see what will happen (SMH).
I feel a lot better now pero inuubo pa rin ako kapag napapagod. At napakadali ko nang mapagod, pero at least hindi na kagaya 2 months ago. Salamat at medyo nababawi ko na rin ang 3kgs na binawas ko, na sobrang hirap ko na-gain last year.
Ang pinakakalaban ko ngayon is anxiety talaga and kapag inaatake ng coughing sobrang di maiwasan mag-isip. nakakastress pala to!
Maganda info dito:
https://www.thetruthabouttb.org/