greetings! my name is francis, now i have eveitis, i m taking steroids and also drops (chloramphenicol dexamethasone) actually, this is my second time to have eveitis, three months ago, i had it and my opthalmologist, gave me DEXACHLOR and Steroids for two weeks, it disappeared, but after a month it came back so now, the doctor gave me , i think stonger eye drop plus steroids, i m supposed to go back to the doctor for follow up cuz i m sure he will give me another medicine and eye drops, but now, i have a new problem, i had an x-ray, 2 weeks ago, and Tuberculosis was found, actually, last year i had an X-ray and the findings was APICO PLEURAL thickening, i didn t know what it meant at that time, so i ignored it, but now, the xray results shows i have tuberculosis, in 2002 i had TB but i took medicine for six months and i was cleared, but i think my kidneys were damaged, in 2006, i got sick, i was in a hospital for a month, i had amoebuc liver abcess so i took strong medicine for that, and in an MRI scan, they saw some kind of tumor in my kidneys, but i ignored that.. now, i have another problem, my blood pressure is high, everyday, when i check it it s 157/110, i saw in the internet that steroids could also be the culprit. i had my blood chemistry and everything was high URIC ACID = 435.4 Cholesterol - 5.57 Triglycerides = 3.12 VLDL = 1.42 SGPT = 227.52 all of the results was way high, so i feel depressed... i want to start taking my medications for Tuberculosis but i know those medicines are really high, so i m worried about my liver and kidneys, and aside from that, my uveitis is still here, what should i do?i feel scared and confused not to mentioned worried about the medical expenses... plz give me an advice
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