Participant 1

VERBATIM TRANSLATED
Q1. Can you share “Nagsakit naman ko I had been sick
your personal daan sauna before. My first
experiences related to Pneumonia to ang diagnosis was
una na diagnosis, Pneumonia, I was
acquiring tuberculosis,
ginagmay nga ubo coughing for two
and how did you come mga tagduha ka months then it will
to be diagnosed with bulan tapos mawala subside. Until then, I
the disease? rapud. Kadugayan decided to go for a
nagpacheck up na recheck-up. The
gyud ko ug usab, doctor advised me to
giadvise sa doctor undergo Xray and
nga magpa-Xray Sputum Test. It was
tapos magpa confirmed that I had
Sputum Test. Mao Pulmonary
to PTB gyud diay.” Tuberculosis (PTB).
Q1.1 What are your “Naguol uy kay abi I was really sad
initial thoughts and nako walay tambal because I thought
emotions when you unya basin PTB has no cure and
matakdan nako I was afraid that I
first found out you had
akong pamilya” might pass this
tuberculosis? disease towards my
family.
Q2. Can you describe “Mao gani to naguol That’s what I had
your psychological ko, mura sad ko ug said. I was really
experiences and coping naluya, aksyon ko’g disheartened, I felt
kawad an ug weak and I almost
mechanisms upon
paglaom kay sauna lose hope because
being diagnosed with baya wala’y tambal before, TB has no
PTB? ang TB” cure.
Q2.1 Do you consider “Oo alangan, Yes, of course, being
it as a challenge to challenge gyud ang sad was a challenge.
your mental well- kaguol. Sa balay ra I was always staying
gyud ko gapundo at home when I was
being?
ato sauna nga wala still PTB positive.
pako naayo”
Q2.2 Have you “Yes. Katong mga Yes. Those who knew
encountered any nakabalo nga naa that I had TB were
feelings of stigma, kuy TB kay dili na distant at me
kayo sila gaduol especially my
discrimination, or
nako. Labina akong neighbors. With
isolation from others mga silingan. Sa regards to my family,
due to your condition, akong pamilya kay they are separating
and how has this ginalahi nila akong their things like
mga gamit like spoon and other
affected you
spoon and utensils utensils from me but
psychologically? pero kasabot ra I understand that so
man ko para pud that they will not be
dili sila matakdan.” infected by PTB.
Q3. Can you describe “Sauna sige rako’g Before, I often drink
the changes in your inom, naa kuy mga alcohol with my
social life after being barkada karun dili friends. Now, I stop
nako muinom drinking alcohol and
diagnosed with PTB, do
pundo nalang balay. stayed at home. Yes,
you consider it as a Oo uy challenging it was challenging
challenge? If yes, what gyud siya labi na especially that I am
are your coping tiguwang nako”. already older.
mechanisms?
Q3.1 How has your “Sa akuang mga I stopped hanging
diagnosis impacted barkada dili na kayo out with my friends
your relationships with ko gasabay nila sa when they plan to
inom syempre basin drink alcoholic drinks
family, friends, and
musamot akong because it might
your community? sakit. Sa akong precipitate my
pamilya wala man disease. I have no
kuy problema kay problem with my
inatiman man gyud family, on the other
ko” hand, they are
taking care of me.
Q3.2 Have you felt “Oo mura sad ko ug Yes, I feel like I was
stigmatized or isolated na-isolate sa akong being isolated from
by others in your social mga amigo, wala na my friends. We were
kayo mi kita-kita not seeing each
circle because of your
sauna kay kada other that much
tuberculosis? sabado gyud mi nila often. I think they
halos magkitaay. Di don’t also want to
na sad guro sila see me because I
ganahan makigkita have PTB.
sa ako kay gi-TB
naman ko.”
Q4. What are your “Para nako perti For me, my illness
insights regarding the gyud nakaapekto had affected me
psychological and social ani akong sakit sa broadly in my life.
akong kinabuhi. When I knew that I
impact of PTB in your
Tung positive pako was positive with TB,
daily living? sa TB, perti nako I was so sad, I lost
kaguol, wala nako’y my drive to work
gana mutarbaho because of tiredness
kay kapuy man and the people badly
unya lain na ang see me as someone
tan aw sa akua sa who has a
mga tawo mura ug contagious disease.
nay nakakhawang
sakit.
Q4.1 What are your “Sa mga magka-TB For those who would
recommendations to simbako palayo have TB, God forbid,
those patients that are lang. ang akong my advise to them is
ma-advise sa ila to pray to the Lord
newly diagnosed with
nga ampo lang gyud because He is the
PTB to surpass the sa Ginoo kay siya ra only one who can
psychological and social man gyud ang help us. This disease
challenges brought makatabang nato. is truly tiring, there
about by the disease? Kapuy baya gyud are many people
ning sakita, daghan who stay far away
tao nga dili na halos from me because I
muduol nako have PTB but we
tungod kay nagka- must not lose hope
TB ko pero ayaw to be cured.
lang gyud mo
kawad an ug
paglaom mga
maayo.
Participant 2
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Q1. Can you share “Sauna batan on When I was younger,
your personal pako, perti gyud I engaged unto many
experiences related to nako ka bisyoso, vices, drinking
inom sigarilyo, alcoholic drinks,
acquiring
tanang bisyo naagian smoking cigarettes,
tuberculosis, and how na nako. Karung almost all vices I had
did you come to be naniguwang nako, experienced that.
diagnosed with the nanngil na akuang Now that I am old,
disease? lawas. Karun nagka- my body is already
TB nako” paying for the bad
habits I had before, I
now have TB.
Q1.1 What are your “Aside sa naguol ko, Aside from I was
initial thoughts and nabalaka ko basin sad, I was worried
emotions when you tanggalon ko sa that I might be fired
trabaho unya likayan from my job and the
first found out you
kos ako ng mga people who would
had tuberculosis? kaila.” know that I have TB
will stay away from
me.
Q2. Can you describe “Guol gyud kayko I was really
your psychologicalkay basin mamatay devastated I thought
experiences and nako bata pa raba I would die from this
akong mga anak. disease. I still have
coping mechanisms
Niadto ko sa amuang young children. I
upon being diagnosed midwife sa barangay went to our neighbor
with PTB? kay silingan ra man who is a midwife and
pud namo tas she told me that
giingnan ko niya nga there are free
nay libreng tambal medicines for this
ani. Ako nga isip disease. On my
depensa pud nako sa defense for the
akong pamilya nga welfare of my family,
dili sila matakdan, I separated my
nag lahi nalang ko sa things from them.
akong mga gamit”.
Q2.1 Do you consider “Oo kay aside sa Yes, because aside
it as a challenge to makaluya sa lawas, from it can weaken
your mental well- naapektuhan sad my body, it also
akong panlantaw affected my self-
being?
 nako sa akong esteem. I lost my
kaugalingon. Nawad drive to be happy
an nako ug gana with my family.
maglipay-lipay
kauban akong
pamilya.
Q2.2 Have you “Wala man pud baya. No, there’s none so
encountered any Wala may lain far when it come so
feelings of stigma, nakabalo aside sa stigma in the society
akong pamilya.” because no one else
discrimination, or
knew except my
isolation from others family.
due to your condition,
and how has this
affected you
psychologically?
Q3. Can you describe “Wala man kay dili No, there is none
the changes in your pud ko kaayo because I do not go
social life after being gagawas diri sa outside that often,
amoa.Kung nay only when there’s
diagnosed with PTB,
trabaho, nay paliton work or if I have
do you consider it as sa mercado.” something to buy in
a challenge? If yes, the market.
what are your coping
mechanisms?
Q3.1 How has your “Akong pamilya My family was really
diagnosis impacted naguol sa akua sad for me that’s
your relationships maong supportado why they really were
kayko nila sa akong supporting me in my
with family, friends,
pagpatambal. treatment. My eldest
and your community? Ginaubanan kos child even went with
akong me to get my
kinamagulangan medication at the
magkuha ug tambal center.
sa center”.
Q3.2 Have you felt “Wala pud ko I did not notified my
stigmatized or nagpabalo sa akong friend because some
isolated by others in barkada. Naa pud of them are smoking
kuy barkada nga cigars, I am just
your social circle
gapanigarilyo pud, cautious.
because of your galikay lang pud ko.
tuberculosis?
Q4. What are your “Maglikay lang gyud I am cautious so that
insights regarding the na dili sad ko I will not infect the
psychological and makatakod sa uban.” other people.
social impact of PTB
in your daily living?
Q4.1 What are your “Kabalo ko nga dili I knew that it is not
recommendations to lalim magkasakit ani easy to be ill but I
those patients that pero pasalamat ta am thankful that
kay duna namay there is now cure.
are newly diagnosed
tambal unya libre pa Then, it is important
with PTB to surpass gyud. Tapos to pray always.
the psychological and importante nga mag-
social challenges ampo kanunay”.
brought about by the
disease?
Participant 3
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Q1. Can you share “Katorse pa akong I was only 14 when I
your personal edad, naga- started smoking, I
experiences related panigarilyo na gyud worked at Falcata-han
ko. Nagtrabaho pa Butuan until I married
to acquiring
lang ko didto sa someone from here, I
tuberculosis, and how Falcata-han sa am still smoking from
did you come to be Butuan, hantod sa then on. I can finish 1
diagnosed with the nakaminyo ko ug case of cigarette in one
disease? taga diri, naa day. Last year, I went
gihapon akong to the doctor for a
bisyo. Makahurot ko check-up because I
ug tag- isa ka kaha was febrile and I had
sa sigarilyo sa isa cough with blood in my
ka adlaw. Tung sputum. I undergone
niaging tuig, GeneXpert as advised
nagpacheck up ko by the doctor, It’s PTB.
kay ginakalintura ko
unya gina ubo ko
nay dugo sa akong
plema. Nagpa
GeneXpert ko ingon
sa doctor, PTB gyud
diay”
Q1.1 What are your “Nabalaka ko kay I was worried because
initial thoughts and basin wala kuy I do not have enough
emotions when you kwarta pampalit ug money to buy
tambal ug kung medicines and because
first found out you
maulian ba ko kay I am the only person
had tuberculosis? walay lain ga- who has work in the
tabaho sa amua ako household, my wife
ra. Akong asawa has no work.
walay trabaho”.
Q2. Can you describe “Una dili ko kadawat At first, I cannot
your psychological kay sa kadugay accept that for the
experiences and nako naga- longest time trhat I
panigarilyo karun pa had been smoking, it’s
coping mechanisms
gyud ko nagka- my first time to get
upon being sakit. Guol kayko sick. I was feeling
diagnosed with PTB? kay syempre down because I might
mabiyaan akong lose my job. I was
 trabaho. Pugos forced to stop smoking
gyud ko ug undang as well.
sa sigarilyo.”
Q2.1 Do you “Oo kay maka- Yes because it can be
consider it as a depress gyud siya depressing especially
challenge to your uy, wala kuy that I know nothing
kalibutan ani nga about the disease.
mental well-being?
sakit.”
Q2.2 Have you “Ginalikayan nako Others were staying
encountered any sa uban labi na tung away from me
feelings of stigma, mga nakabalo nga especially those who
naa kuy TB. Dili na knew that I have PTB.
discrimination, or
pud gani kaayo ko I am staying at hone
isolation from others gagawas ug balay and do not go outside
due to your kay basin because I might pass
condition, and how makatakod ko sa the disease to those
has this affected you mga tao nga baba immunocompromised.
psychologically? ug immune system. Because of that, my
Agi ana nausab self-esteem went so
akong paglantaw sa low and I lost my
akong kaugalingon, confidence.
ni baba akong self-
esteem. Mura ko ug
nawad an ug
confidence”
Q3. Can you describe “Ginalikayan nako Those who knew that I
the changes in your sa uban nga am PTB positive, they
social life after being nakabalo nga naa are staying away from
kuy TB. Guol ko me. I was sad but I
diagnosed with PTB,
pero kabalo ko nga know they are doing
do you consider it as ginabuhat lang na that as a protection for
a challenge? If yes, nila isip depensa sa themselves. I just
what are your coping ilahang choose to understand
mechanisms? kaugalingon. Ako their reason.
nalang silang
gisabot sa ilahang
rason pud.”
Q3.1 How has your “Sa akong barkada I do not hang out with
diagnosis impacted dili na kayko my friend that often.
your relationships kasabay sa ilaha. Sa To my family, on the
akong pamilya, dili other hand, I stay
with family, friends,
sad kayko gaduol away from them too so
and your community? nila. Galikay sad ko that they with not
nga matakdan sila”. contact the disease.
Q3.2 Have you felt “Oo kay maskin Yes, because even my
stigmatized or tung mga amigo friends are not staying
isolated by others in nako dili naman too close to me
kaayo gaduol sa anymore.
your social circle
akua”
because of your
tuberculosis?
Q4. What are your “Para nako, maayo For me, it is better to
insights regarding gyud nga mag- stop smoking and start
the psychological and undang ug activating a healthy
panigarilyo unya lifestyle. It’s hard if
social impact of PTB
dapat healthy ang you’ll have TB, it is
in your daily living? lifestyle. Lisud baya really saddening and it
kung magka- TB na can cause you to lose
maka-guol gyud drive to work.
kaayo mawad an
nata’g gana
manginabuhi.
Q4.1 What are your “Akong ma- My recommendation
recommendations to reccomdend lang towards everyone is to
those patients that kay magpa-tambal undergo medication if
gyud kung aduna they will be tested
are newly diagnosed
nay sakit. Mag- positive with PTB. Pray
with PTB to surpass ampo pud sa to God the Most High
the psychological and labawng all the time.
social challenges makakagahum
brought about by the permi”
disease?
Participant 4
VERBATIM TRANSLATED
Q1. Can you share your “Tungod guro ni sa I think it was
personal experiences akong mga bisyo because of my vices
related to acquiring sauna, nagasigarilyo before, I was
man ko tapos inom smoking cigarettes
tuberculosis, and how
sad. Last Year kay and drinking alcohol.
did you come to be mga tulo ka bulan na Last year, I had a 3-
diagnosed with the akong ubo balik balik month recurrent
disease? so nagpa-check-up cough so I went for a
ko tas nahospital check-up. I was
dayun positive gyud hospitalized and
diay ko ug PTB”. tested positive on
PTB.
Q1.1 What are your “Una pa lang naa na On the very first
initial thoughts and gyud kuy instinc nga place, I already had
emotions when you first TB jud akong sakit instinct that PTB was
tungod sa mga really my disease
found out you had
sintomas. Mura’g because of the
tuberculosis? nahugno akong symptoms. It feels
kalibutan tung like my world teared
nakabalo ko na tama apart when I learned
gyud diay ko, TB that I was right all
akong sakit. along, I have PTB.
Q2. Can you describe ”Niagi pud ko ug I experienced anxiety
your psychological anxiety ug ka- and depression
experiences and coping depress tungod sa because of the
kaguol sir uy. Akong sadness. What I did
mechanisms upon being
gibuhat ra gyud para was pray to be able
diagnosed with PTB? makapadayon sa to continue with life.
kinabuhi kay mag- Aside from that, my
ampo. Aside ana, family is my
gihimo nako nga inspiration for me to
inspiration akong fight back from this
pamilya para mu- disease.
laban ani nga sakit”.
Q2.1 Do you consider it “Challenge jud siya It is really a
as a challenge to your para sa akuang challenge to my
mental well-being? mental health kay mental health
mahadlok ko because I am afraid
makatakud sa uban that I might pass my
ilabi na sa akuang disease to others
 pamilya? especially my family.
Q2.2 Have you “Yes, usahay feeling Yes, sometimes I feel
encountered any nako ma-left out like I was being left-
feelings of stigma, nako sa amuang out by my friends
amigo kay dili nako because I am no
discrimination, or
kauban sa amuang longer able to go
isolation from others mga laag kay with them because I
due to your condition, siyempre naa kuy have this disease. It’s
and how has this sakit. Maguol ko sad to think that I
affected you maghuna-huna nga can no longer do
psychologically? dili na nako mabuhat what I was able to do
akong mga before.
ginabuhat sauna”.
Q3. Can you describe “Sa akuang social In my social life, I no
the changes in your life, dili na kaayo ko longer socialize with
social life after being naga-socialize sa other people because
uban kay kabalo ko I know they are also
diagnosed with PTB, do
gina-iwasan sad ko staying away from
you consider it as a sa mga tao tungod because of this PTB.
challenge? If yes, what sa akuang TB. Para For me, it is really
are your coping nako, challenging challenging but I am
mechanisms? gyud kaayo pero doing my best so
akong gibuhat para that I will not be
dili kayko ma-stress stressed. I am
is naga-ampo ko, praying, meditating,
meditate and think and thinking positive.
positive lang.”
Q3.1 How has your “Supportado nila They support my
diagnosis impacted your akuang treatment treatment but I feel
relationships with pero ma-bati nako like they are not
usahay nga gapalayo staying so close
family, friends, and
sila pag mag-istorya when we are talking.
your community? mi.”
Q3.2 Have you felt “Naa man gyud guro There is really a
stigmatized or isolated nang discrimination discrimination if you
by others in your social basta nay TB labi na have this disease
kadtong mga wala most especially to
circle because of your
pa kaayo’y alam those who are not
tuberculosis? unsa gyud ning fully knowledgeable
sakita. Pero, base sa of this medical
akuang experience, condition. However,
naka-sulay sad ko based from my
na-dicriminate, ilabi experience, I
na dili na kaayo ga- experienced to be
 duol ang tao sa discriminated
akua.” especially people are
staying away from
me.
Q4. What are your “Sa akuang pang- On my everyday life,
insights regarding the adlaw adlaw nga TB has affected me
psychological and social panginabuhi, naka- mentally and socially.
apekto gyud ang TB We must face the
impact of PTB in your
sa akua mentally ug consequences of our
daily living? socially. Dili man vices when we were
gyud na malikayan still younger.
pero atubangon
nalang gyud nato
ang mga
consequences sa
atung mga bisyo
tung batan-on pata.
Q4.1 What are your “Ang ma-advise lang My advice towards
recommendations to nako sa uban, others, stop your
those patients that are samtang sayo pa, vices as early as
undangi nana possible so that you
newly diagnosed with
inyuhang mga bisyo won’t end up being
PTB to surpass the kung dili mo gusto like me who has PTB.
psychological and social ma-parehas nako. Sa Always pray for your
challenges brought mga naa nay mga healing and start
about by the disease? TB, mag-pray para living a healthy life.
sa kaayuhan ug Do not be
dapat magsugod na discouraged because
gyud mo ug healthy TB has cure in these
lifestyle. Ayaw lang days
ka-discourage kay
naa nay tambal ang
TB karun.