So I found out today that I have tuberculosis. That’s one of those really scary things that you never want to hear from your doctor. Fortunately, after some testing, it was determined that I have latent tuberculosis instead of active, which means I’m not in huge danger and can’t spread it. I am, however, on antibiotics for the next several months, and I’m dead tired right now from all the running around to various clinics that I did.
On a more upbeat note, I was watching TBS the other day, and a commercial for Volvic FruitKiss aired with a really catchy song. I’ve never had this drink and the commercial didn’t exactly make me want some, but it did prompt me to look up the singer MiChi and the song KiSS KiSS xxx, and now it’s stuck in my head. This becomes yet another single and PV that I’m interested in, along with the Valkyria OP by HIMEKA and the current Bleach OP by SCANDAL.
Since the reaction to Trillian’s photography last time was so positive, here’s another image.
Edit: Thanks for all the messages of support – it really means a lot to me.
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Wow man, I’m sorry to hear that. I don’t know much about tuberculosis, but I hope you’ll get better.
Hope that the picture brightens your day Omni.https://randomc.net/image/Miscellaneous/Trillian%20-%20Large%20Sunset.jpg I hope you get well, because we anime fans still need you.
Sorry to hear about your illness. Hope you get better soon. Still, it’s a good excuse to lie around and watch anime, right? 😉
Very nice picture!
I can never get the pic that I want up there……
Blegh. That sucks (about the latent TB)… On a brighter note, at least it’s not active!! 😀 I remember going through the 9-month treatment of isoniazid – 6 years ago. Hated the whole thing…all 9 months of it. -_- On top of that, my mom had me take vitamin supplements twice a day (packs of 7 different vitamins in each). Soo…i had to pop 15 medium-sized pills a day. Ugh, this brings back bad memories. XD
Back to reading managa. XD
Hope you take care of yourself well and may good health be by your side. I’ve been a fan of ya’ blog for a long time and I love anything that you write. Thanks for the very nice picture you’ve additionally poster as it gives me so much nostalgia.
wow srry to hear that. hope u get better and soon. take care of yourself and dont over stress yourself… stay healthy my friend.
that sucks dude. at least you got it diagnosed early.
where is that pic taken?
Take a good rest Omni and get your energy back up. I pray you make a full recovery (albeit it’ll take a while). <3
Hang in there man.
We will willingly donate our body’s to science for your sake, Omni.
Take care Omni, and get well as soon as possible.
Big kisses from Montréal 🙂
Whoa… definitely a downer but good to hear it’s treatable. Feel better man!
oww man please do take care I contracted tuberclosis before and I spend 1 1/2 years taking medication, I was practically coughing up blood believe it or not during the period I had TB, hopefully yours does not get worse. Good luck and take good care.
We hope you getting well soon!
stay up on ur med compliance nigga. and just stay up!!
@trillian, nice one… but feeling the other pic more. Sunset??? or Sun-up??
siento mucho escuchar que tengas esa enfermedad amigo, esperemos que tomes el tratamiento adecuado para que te recuperes y te sigamos leyendo en este sitio.
saludos camarada
Wow. Quite shocking, but my I send best wishes and expect you to stay strong ^_^ Meds are the suck, but a great compliment to them is staying lively, enjoying things, and limiting stress. Rest up!
It’s a nice photo!
Take care and don’t overdo yourself 🙂
i hope the recovery is a speedy one!
Actually you not need to be so worry about it, Tuberculosis is serious, but ppl usually no have the most dangerous forms. I don’t know how its seen in Japan, but in my country I have patients with Tuberculosis every weeks, in fact, most ppl have a positive serology for TBC and never had a clinic or something like that. I dont wanna bore the ppl that read this comments just for joy (like me), but I leave my mail here so, if u have any doub about it, feel free to write :p
Take it easy for awhile, and relax. 😀
dont overdose urself with work, we need u, so do ur friends and family
get well soon 🙂
That’s quite unfortunate Omni, though I’m with the others on not being well “informed” with TB. Hope you get better soon.
Aww that sucks. Hope you’ll have a speedy recovery.
Omni, I am sure I speak for everyone that visits your site often…YOU HAVE OUR SUPPORT
LOVE YOU!
=)
Get better somehow please! I hate negative news about you!
Please take care of yourself. Don’t over-do it : P
That photo was taken from Setagaya (West Tokyo) facing the mountains at sunset a few weeks ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q98qdIVsgUg&feature=related
I found this when looking for the song you mentioned ^.^
get well soon brah
that’s really scary to hear but i know you’ll recover soon 🙂 don’t overexert yourself with anything
Get well soon! God bless you. 😛
Holy shit?>?!?!? I hope your ok~!
It’s good to hear that it’s treatable. I hope it isn’t related to those past incidents with the collasped lung or anything. Please take care and rest lots. I hope you get better soon!
Tubercolosis? Wow. Thats pretty serious. Your lucky its just a latent tubercolosis eh?
on the bright side, you’ve been given plenty of time to prevent that annoying pain from becoming worse. well i’d really love to say to take it easy but your work (academic and others) seems to be taking their toll… at your expense… ~_~
nonetheless, never forget to give yourself a breather.
get well!
Take care of yourself !
hey, take care of yourself. it’s actually pretty shocking to know that you have latent tuberculosis, because i just found out about a week or 2 ago that i have latenTB too. now i’m on the medication aswell.
heres hoping for your speedy recovery!
Holy shit. Hope it’s not antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis.
Do take good care, Omni.
@omni
I’ve had TB as well, hey! At least You didn’t have as bad as me. After a few X-RAYs, I was diagnosed with Sinus Venosus Atrium Sceptic Defect (a missing atrium wall :3), and had to get open heart surgery and then take my TB pills =___=.
can people still die from tuberculosis
and by that i mean people that matter, not children or seniors
Wow sorry man that’s awful but at least its not super serious, hope you get to feeling better man I’ve loved this blog ever since I found out about it. Rest up and take it easy
Eep, I’m sorry to hear that. But at least you got diagnosed early. Good luck and take care!
On the other hand, I’ve been quite addicted to Volvic’s Fruit Kiss (grapefruit) lately ^ ^” It hardly tastes like water~ Personally I really like it :3
Damn Dude, take care of yourself. Manga and anime mean nothing compared to health.
Let’s hope the antibiotics work on the TB. Don’t exert yourself, ne, Omni?
get better omni! your blog had impacted my anime life in so many ways that I became almost addicted to your musings. Stay strong! you have my support!
don’t diE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pls..
and hope you recover man
I hope you get better soon, i love your blog and the things you write on it.
Kisses from Brazil
Really sorry to hear about your illness, I hope you get better soon.
Hope you get well soon, Omni!
Yea what the ppl above said, good luck and get well soon <3
OMG hope you get well soon!! really missed you here…
I hope you get better soon, take care 🙂
NO OMNI DUN LEAVE THE ANIME WORLD!!!!!! hope u get better
Hey man hang in there! Hope you get well soon!
You will be fine. Keep your head up.
Life is full of shit sometimes. Do take your antibiotics regularly! Take care 🙂
Those bacteria better stay asleep forever or just go and die. Anyway, take care.
Sorry to hear about that Omni. Take good care of yourself and hope you get better soon. Good Luck!
wow… that really sucks. Rest up and feel better omni =D
Take your time and get some rest. You’ll definitely be needing it. Hope you’ll get better! ^_^
Sorry to hear that, Omni… 🙁
Take it easy and get well soon! *hugs*
~ Eri ~
P.S. I like the Trillian picture of Sunset. Amazing. 🙂
Best wishes to you! Hope you get well soon.
Whoa, glad to hear it’s not the active version. Take care and get well soon!
get well soon 🙂
Bah, it’s not that bad. I had (or have) it and my most recent tests have been negative, so it’s under control for at least another decade.
get well soon!!
I had tb when I was a kid: apparently then they stuck a needle into my head (veins on the arm were too small lol). Get better soon!
Hang in there, get well soon!
Ohh dear! TB? Like all above with the risk of repeating…take care of yourself now more than ever. I hope it won’t get serious. All the best *hugs*
I hope you’ll get well soon! <3
hey man, the force will watch over you i’m sure. all the best, good luck and may u stay in good health! cheers!
Scary first sentence was scary. At least you got an early diagnosis and so probably won’t go active.
Get well soon Omni! <3
please get well soon Omni!!!!!!!!! don’t stress urself out… 😀
courage my friend, looks after you
Get well soon
Good luck to recovery!!!
hope u get well soon
Sorry about your sickness man, I dunno if your a hard smoker like me but that thing can spread before you know it.
And to cheer ya up I thought that you’d be happy to know that I too get interested in random singles that pop every now and then. Write now I’m listening to this single from Disgaea 2 trailer not sinful rose the one that comes later with Axel here’s the link
http://nisamerica.com/pressevent/2009/disgaea2.html#disg2_main
get well soon. Must take great care =)
Hang in there.
I hope for a speedy recovery for you!
Do take extra care.
awwww poor Omni, don’t worry we all love you!
unlike the old days, TB is curable. just do what your doctor says and you should be alright. really goes to show how unexpected life can turn out to be… here’s wishing you a speedy recovery!
wow hard thing to hear, but get well soon!
greets from germany 🙂
Don’t stress, its not going to be good with antibiotics for the next few months.
Take Probiotics, they help restore the good bacteria in your intestine that the antibiotics kill off.
Wow, 9 months of antibiotics is pretty rough. Is the latent TB in any way related (causing or caused by) to the pneumothorax (collapsed lung) issues that you had before?
Hang in there big guy!
Nevermind, a google search revealed that several studies in the last 10 years suggest a rise in “incidence of spontaneous pneumotorax caused by lung tuberculosis.” Interestingly, articifical pneumothorax used to be used as a treatment for tuberculosis (by cutting a hole in the lung =S to deflate the lung and let it heal/close up holes left by the tuberculosis).
I’ll be sure to spread the word, Omni. Hope you get well soon enough. If you ever die– alright I won’t think that for now. Just get better, damnit!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumothorax#Spontaneous_pneumothorax
Do they ever reclass Primary Pneumothorax to Secondary Pneumothorax or is it just a coincidence about the TB and the tall-thin frame?
Damn, sucks to hear that. Here’s to hoping that you’ll get better soon!
It is a looong treatment so… CHEERS! If you keep doing the treatment in the right way, there won’t be any problem, just DON’T STOP the medicine by yourself! It’s the worst thing to do to this things.
Good luck, and get better soon!
Get better and dont overextert yourself, Omni
OMG OMNI! that sucks, but I wish you a speedy I hope and full recovery. Take care of yourself and you better get beter or else!!
Take care of yourself, Omni, your life is more important than anime when it comes to this. Really puts things into perspective, huh?
Praying for you fast recovery ^_^
Sorry to hear about latent TB, but I hope you get well soon! Don’t overwork yourself 😉
Sorry to hear that. Following Random Curiosity for the past couple of years, I noticed that you push on yourself a little too much. May be now it’s a good time to take some rest.
On the positive side, after each time one gets sick for a long period, if he had rested properly and relaxed a little, then the following period would be a more energetic and creative one. Hopefully, you will have this experience to its fullest.
@ Kinny Riddle. you make sound like his blogging is wrong thing to do.
No worries man we all respect your decision if you decide to take a break from blogging for a while
Hey man i hope you get better.
Hope you get better! Take care! I’m sure u’ll do great! I guess watching K-ON! might brighten u up!
I hope you get well soon, Omni.
Take care, and have faith everything will be ok.
Get well soon sempai! 🙂
Dont overwork yourself. Try to get better first before doing anything.
Geez, thats terrible!At least its not too too serious, tho. Me and my friends were just talking about TB the other week and how its kinda commin back. Well,I guess you’re like Ukitake-taichou now:)And he’s what?1000 and some years old? Well, good luck on your antibiotics and such:)
It’s a good thing it’s not active.. phew. well, I hope you get better soon with the antibiotics you’re taking.
Hope you get well soon dude, your blog is awesome 😀
Hey Omni! Do take good care of yourself and have a speeeeeeeeeedy recovery! 😀
I hope you get better as soon as possible.
LOL! So your hooked on that song? Well, good thing you found out its latent TB. Hope you’ll get well soon. Seriously, I wouldn’t find any other sites that are as good as yours so get your health to 100% and please do continue this site.
Hey man dont worry, this will be alright! lots of ppl here to support u! Just keep up the the good work! GG!
Oh, I’m so sorry to hear that you have TB! Thank goodness it’s not active, though. I hope that you’re able to get well soon and feel better! Good luck, Omni! All of us here will be supporting you and wishing you well.
Yoh man, that doesn’t sound too cool…
I hope you feel better! Get well soon!
Random note but remember to finish ALL your medications ‘-___-
Hope you’ll recover Omni, looking forward to your recovery. GOD BLESS!
Wow, no one cares fatass.
man, take care, ur the pride of anime blogger, also i cant live without checking random ><
good luck there
My flatmate just got diagnosed with latent TB as well. She had to wait over 2 weeks for the results of her tests (and they lost the first batch so she had to do all the blood tests again!). UK hospitals have their moments.
It still sucks, but glad you’re okay Omni.
You`re a quite young person, aren`t you Omni? I hope tuberculosis is possible to heal completely, but i don`t know about it. Myself i have a transplanted kidney since August 2005, i had bad kidneys for over 20 years. But despite of my age, i feel reasonably well, have enough of retirement pension to live with my hobbies which include anime, manga, model building, playing music (jazz & rock of every genre, despite i`m awfully old, i need a new body at least 40 years younger desperately)& other typical otaku stuff since 80s and some of them much earlier. So, you don`t have to feel bad, if you only have things you`re REALLY into.
Omni, take care of yourself and make it a habit of always taking your antibiotics on time everday. That’s tough news to hear, but I’m certain you’ll pull through. You have to keep a positive attitude and don’t let it get you depressed. Having a positive mind can save you.
Take good care of yourself Omni.
You will be fine. I wish you a quick recovery. Hang in there. We need you 😉
where’s keion dammit
You have tuberculosis? man I’m real sorry to hear that…I hope you feel better, & don’t stress yourself
GET WELL SOON OMNI!!! (:
I like the photo! Don’t strain yourself too much and get well soon!
Hello,
I often read your blog (I LOVE it!!) and, yeah, sorry to hear about the TB. I hope for you that the antibiotics work and that somehow, you’ll be healthy again.
Take care,
A fan
I really hope you get better Omni.
Best wishes from da Drunken Family
Best of health man, Take Care
Thankfully it was diagnosed early. I wish you good health and a calm mindset.
please take care yourself!! I hope you get well soon
I am so sorry to hear the news! It’s been a long time since we last talked, but I do read your blog regularly. I hope your recovery goes smoothly. I hope you’re well, in spite of the circumstances.
Ren
How do they diagnose you with tuberculosis? Skin test or chest X-ray?
Don’t worry if you only have positive skin test, but negative chest X-ray. Lots of people have that. It’s just latent TB and nothing much to worry about. The bug is not going to harm you. It just means that you’ve exposed to the tuberculous bacteria in the past.
Just be compliant to your medication. It’s gonna be 6 months though. Understand how tough it is.
why does it always, good guys get caught with tuberculosis. :\ well, good thing it was latent. hope you get better soon mate. 😉
get well soon, Omni!
Dang Omni… take care!! as much as we love how much you effort you put into this site, ya gotta take care! hope you’ll get much better soon!
oh shit man, I hope you get well soon.
Take care man, don’t force yourself to blog if you don’t feel good.
Tuberculosis? That’s nothing. I’m on a medical field, so I know 🙂
Just religiously take your medication(s), follow the physicians orders, and you’ll be fine.
Wow, I’m sorry to hear that. I hope you’ll get better soon. D=
Hope you get well soon!
Those antibiotics have bad side effects..I had experienced them when I had to drink them because of a misdiagnosis of a doctor. ^^;;
take care 🙂
Get Well Soon!!!
I fell in love with that song, thanks for the share Omni! Hope you get better soon.
stay well, and remember Doc Holliday had it too 😛
One–third of the world’s current population has been infected with M. tuberculosis, and new infections occur at a rate of one per second.
Oof, that’s too bad! Well, at least it was latent.
Get well soon!
I think your Pneumothorax from before sounded scarier compare to this latent TB but that is just me. Ditto with “Get better” msg and hope you have no more issues.
Thanks for all the messages of support everyone. It really means a lot to me.
Get well soon! Don’t overwork yourself!
Bacille Calmette Guérin, also known as BCG, is a vaccine given throughout many parts of the world. It is derived from an atypical mycobacterium but offers some protection from developing active tuberculosis, especially in infants and children. This vaccination is believed to be important in parts of the world where TB is quite common. This is not the case in the United States. When BCG has been administered, future PPD and Tine skin tests remain positive and can cause some confusion when trying to diagnose TB. It is also important to realize that even with a BCG vaccine in childhood, tuberculosis can still occur in an adult exposed to the tuberculosis bacteria, which calls into question the real utility and effectiveness of this vaccination.