It happened to me
My name is Zolelwa Sifumba, I am 22 years old and am originally from the Eastern Cape. I attend university at the University of Cape Town, living in a student residence in Observatory, Cape Town, South...
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I cannot count using both my hands the number of times I found myself crouched over the toilet seat spewing my guts as well as those dreaded pills … Or so restless and irritated because I’m wide awake...
View ArticleSide effects
The most difficult thing to accept for me is the fact that the very thing I’ve been given to treat me is causing me to fall sick time and time again. For me, this is the worst part of the TB. These...
View ArticleIs my life over... or has it just begun?
I grew up privileged. All my life I was catered for, went to good schools and we were comfortable at home. We always had something to eat at meal times and my cupboard was full of my own clothes, toys...
View ArticleThere is life after MDR TB...
Hello… my name is Zolelwa Sifumba… And I’m a Multidrug resistant TB survivor… :) I can’t believe it either... I made it :) … 18 months of that HORRIBLE treatment that took my sanity and threatened to...
View ArticleWorld TB Day 2015: Stigma!
World TB day! Today we think not just about tuberculosis, the mycobacterium that was isolated on a glass slide in a lab many years ago today… We think of those suffering from it and the many lives...
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