Detours and Delays

Sunset in France

“Delay is the deadliest form of denial.”
(C. Northcote Parkinson)

There is no escape

The lingering sickness has a will of its own. And fate played devilish tricks on me: I had my bags ready to leave the hospital, when I was called back: the bronchoscopy data also surfaced a positive PCR result for tuberculosis. 


Was it a false positive or some contamination in the hospital equipment? Was it the true cause of my sickness? Were tuberculosis and vasculitis a painful pair to haunt me at the same time? I will never know the answer.

 But the consequences were serious and immediate: 


First, I was condemned to a six month treatment with strong antibiotics, which didn’t address my issue with eosinophils overwhelming my body. Instead side-effects of antibiotics added further damage.


Second and even worse: I was quarantined and on a black-list. I was monitored by the bureaucracy of medical authorities. For the time being, no hospital would admit me for further treatment dealing with the suspected Churg-Strauss-Syndrome. It was the end of September 2019. All progress was on hold.