Nishatoka church wacha nimalize series.
Kufika home my hse became a hive of activities, wageni wengi wakaja kunipa pole zao, baby mama na ex were still around na wife hakususpect a thing, alifikiria ni workmates wangu vile walikua very concerned na hali yangu. and then I received a call from mum, after kunijulia hali she informed me that wanaingia gari ya usiku with several of my aunties so niwaexpect by morning, Ngai! I wondered why I had gone for that biopsy, my action had affected a lot of people. Anyway, it was in search of a cure. Nikameza mapain killer zangu nikadoze with my neck still turned at eyes left, any effort to try to turn it was bringing excruciating pain.
Day 2 the lawyer, boss na chairman wakarauka hosi, this time vile hawakua watu mob walipewa audience na admin na the surgeon na akawaelezea hio case ya Whispers ndio ilifanya afanye operation under local, the admin pointed out that Meria is over 18 so no rules had been broken when he signed for himself. They then retreated back to the lawyers office ku consult on whether to sue. Huku nyumbani nakuo ilikua ni mgeni after mgeni, mum alikua amefika na madada zake na mnajua watu wa bara hawatembeagi mikono mitupu, walileta greens fresh za shamba enough to open a small super market, pia na hawa wageni wengine walileta food mob hadi fridge ikajaa vitu zingine zikapewa neighbor atuwekee. Vile singepokea watu kwa bedroom sofa ikaongezewa cussions na hapo ndipo I would spend the next three weeks.
Day 3 doc akanicall akanishow ile sample imepelekwa Nairobi as kwa lab za Mombasa hawakupata ugonjwa, akasema tuwape kitu siku mbili hivi. He called later after a few days akasema pia Nairobi hawaja pata kitu so my sample was being taken to Pretoria in SA, Jesus on a bicycle, kwani lab zetu ziko fake aje? I wondered. He said we wait for two weeks ndio tupate results. Lawyer naye alikuja akaniambia after brainstorming with her fellow learned friens aliona ata tuki sue hatuwes win hio case, the gd thing was that the operation had been successful and the wound was healing nicely.
Early one morning after about a month I got a call from the doc akasema niende hosi as the results are in, nikamuuliza sianiambie tu kwa phone akasema it has to be face to face, kale kauji nilikua nakunywa kakanishinda a nikaanza kusweat, it was my date with destiny. Mum was still around so tukaandamana nayeye + Mrs Meria, within 20 minites we were at the reception, tukaingia kwa doc sisi wote tukaketi. Alianza na kusema eti am very lucky, that raised my spirits up, after the tests the sample had gone through the decease that I was suffering from was TB. TB, we all exclaimed, si TB inkuanga ya kifua? The doc calmly explained to us that ile kitu haipati TB in a human body ni nywele na kucha. @Neymar jr tunadai hekaya coz you guessed correctly in your comment. He went on to say that hio TB ilinishika kitambo sana, he added that ile strain nilikua nayo hutokana na kukunywa unboiled milk, yaani nilikua na TB ya ngombe. Nikapiga flashback nikakumbuka huko deep inside githurai kwa dam ya Kenyatta vile tulikua tukichunga ngombe na wamaasai. Milk was in plenty and we used to take it straight from the cow. Hio ilikua ni miaka ya mid 90s, so during all that period TB ilikua inanikula pole pole na wakati ikipanda kwa brain ndio ilishikwa na lymph node forcing it to swell, he said kaa ingepita hapo I would have been history. I breathed a sigh of relief. Kumbe the biopsy albeit painful had saved my life. Nikamshukuru doc sana for his efforts ya kutafuta hio ugonjwa, he said that its very important mtu akifanya full medical checkup once a yr, had I been doing it hio ugonjwa ingepatikana mapema. @Ice_Cube kuna thread ya @Okiya about medical check up hebu leta wrink.
After his detailed explanation we now talked about treatment, he advised that I head to a government hosi as TB treatment there is free, siku hizo private hospitals walikua wanalipisha and it was quite expensive, akaniandikia a referral letter na akanituma kwa a gava facility right in the middle of town, inaitwa Ganjoni health center ile iko hapo chini ya casa B, sisi haooo hadi Ganjoni, kulikua na line kiasi lakini hatimaye nikaingia kwa doc, nikampa hile barua na results ya biopsy. Nikatumwa kwa kadirisha kengine, I think ndio lab yao nikapewa ka vial niweke kikohozi ili wafanye sputum test, I think hio TB ya ngombe ni very rare coz nikaa wlikua wamekaa sana bila kuiona. We were then dismissed nikaambiwa nirudi the following day for the results.
Kurudi hio hosi the following nilipata imejaa kishenzi, wa wa wa, it was on a Tuesday na ndio ile siku mapoko wote mombasani huenda hapo kupimwa VDs na kupewa madawa for free. Fat ones, thin ones, ugly ones beautiful ones, you name it, all kinds of poko were there, they were like 400, waiting area ilikua imejaa and I just stood hapo kando nikisafisha macho. After kindu half an hr nikaitwa ndani kuchukua results which showed that my lungs were clean, sikua na TB ya kifua, I was then directed to the VCT clinic still in the same compound, hapo ndipo nilistuka sasa. Kauliza kwani lazima nipimwe, the doc pointed out that TB huandamana na AIDS na before they start treatment lazima nipimwe, with my heart in my mouth nikaenda VCT. Nikapata a elderly motherly nurse akanishow lazima counseling kwanza before the test, akaniuliza wheather I want group or individual counseling, kafikilia kidogo kachagua group. Nikatumwa to yet another room nikapata like 50 people wote wakigojea counselor. The same elderly nurse aliingia na kufunga mlango ndio session ianze na akasema what we hear there should remain there, so whatever happened in there sitamwambia, its classified.
After like an hr hivi tukamaliza na tukarudi kwa offisi yake, it was time to take the test, turn yangu ilipofika I was impressed by the fact that hawakuandika jina langu kwa file, I was advised to give a fictious name for the records, ata sikumbuki nilichagua gani, akavaa gloves took a sharp needle akadunga my middle finger na kuweka drop of blood on the strip alafu nikapelekwa kwa room ingine nikae hapo peke yangu niangalie hio damu ikipanda. Ikifika line mbili wewe ni victim. It was something like this.
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Those were the longest 15 minutes of my life, it seemed like 72 hrs, haki niliomba yangu yote, nilitubu thambi zote nanikapromise sir God nitakua niki tithe akifanya results ziwe negative. Line ya kwanza ikitokea ndipo mtu hustuka ukihope against hope line ya pili isitokee, nilijikaza kabisa ata nikaacha kubreath nikiangalia hako ka stip. After the long 15 minutes my prayers were answered haikupanda tena, nurse pia nayeye alikua anaangalia saa akaingia took a look and declared me HIV free, raha ilioje. I was so happy nikamshika nimpa a big hug. Then akanituma kwa TB treatment center.
Nimechoka kutype na TDF imeanza. Will be back later nimwambie vile nilimeet Nurse Judy akanishow eti walikua washanipima HIV before the operation na hawakuniambia. (Meffi wao for making me get traumatised)