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March 5, 2024
  Thomas's Story
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          Thomas, a tuberculosis (TB) survivor, describes his diagnosis with TB disease and the uncertainty he felt about what he could expect going forward with treatment and recovery. He now is a TB advocate and hopes to raise awareness about TB disease.
        Thomas's story
        When Thomas started feeling sick his doctors diagnosed him with pneumonia. A couple of months later he was still having night sweats, had no appetite, and felt extremely tired all the time. At his next hospital visit he had a chest x-ray and was told he had active TB disease. He didn't know what to expect and had lots of questions.
        "Was I going to be able to get rid of it? Was this something I was going to have to deal with for the rest of my life, how it was going to affect my body", asked Thomas.
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        He was told he had to take treatment for active TB disease for nine months. He was given a piece of paper with information about TB disease and treatment. But he felt so sick he didn't fully read and understand the information that explained the side effects from TB medications.
        "I could read it on a piece of paper but I might not fully understand it. I might have questions or whatever. Even though they did answer my questions when I asked, I would have kind of prefer to be told a little bit more about it than I was," Thomas reflects.
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        Thomas was released from the hospital once he was no longer contagious. He had lost a lot of weight and was surprised when he looked at himself in the mirror and saw his thin body. However, he was soon able to get back to his normal activities and he began to build his weight back up to normal. However, the stigma around TB made some things difficult.
        "I think the stigma that is out here is that, if a person knows you have it then they want to get away from you immediately. And I don't want to be shunned from all my family and friends. I don't want to be shunned from my job, you know, people looking at me odd because I got TB," he says.
        Thomas's message
        As a TB advocate Thomas hopes to raise awareness about TB.
        "Most people think that, okay, it's out here but it will never happen to me. That's what I thought, you know. I know people are still testing for it but I didn't think it was big enough to reach me," says Thomas.
        And he has a message for those recently diagnosed with TB disease.
        "Stick with the medication. It's going to take you through some things but stick with it, because it's the only way that you're going to be able to get rid of it. That would be my advice, and to become aware and make others aware as much as you possibly can."
        If you are a TB patient, survivor, or family member in need of support, We Are TB is a community of TB survivors, people being treated for TB, and their family members who are committed to the common goal of eliminating TB.
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