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Yesterday was supposed to be my last day of medical exam at St Luke's but unfortunarely, I was told to come back for 3day sputum test and wait 2mos for result.

I had a small lung scar (from my childhood but had been already cured a long time ago) that they saw on my xray result which they said was suspicious for TB.

Please help me what to do, my fiance and I were planning to get married by August but this came up ?

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Ok. Please only make one post and not have two posts with exactly the same topic and information on it. They are trying to determine if you have or had TB or not. So they will do some more tests, and if they determine that you have TB then you will have to go on medications and be seen back at date and time in the future before you are cleared for an interview. If they determine that you do not have TB then everything is fine and you go to interview.

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Here is some additional information.

They will do a Sputum test, both rapid and culture. Rapid/initial is positive, you start treatment. If rapid is negative, you wait 2 months for the culture result. Meaning that they take the sputum collection and grow it in a medium that favors the growth of TB bacteria if present. It can take up to 6-8 weeks for TB to grow/appear. That's why if it show up at any time, you start treatment. If not, that's where you see people getting approved for immunizations after the cultures come back negative.

If any of the sputum collections show positive, then it's 6 months of DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment, Short-Course

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Yesterday was supposed to be my last day of medical exam at St Luke's but unfortunarely, I was told to come back for 3day sputum test and wait 2mos for result.

I had a small lung scar (from my childhood but had been already cured a long time ago) that they saw on my xray result which they said was suspicious for TB.

Please help me what to do, my fiance and I were planning to get married by August but this came up ?

Two months for the SPUTUM, if all is clear puts you into July, if there is an interview date available without a long wait you could make it to the States by early August (very likely)

Don't forget to complete CFO while you are waiting. ;)

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Two months for the SPUTUM, if all is clear puts you into July, if there is an interview date available without a long wait you could make it to the States by early August (very likely)

Don't forget to complete CFO while you are waiting. ;)

But I don't have active TB. Should I really wait for 2 months? Can't I present to st lukes another xray and medical certificate from another hospital to prove I don't have tb, instead of waiting for 2 mos??

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Ok. Please only make one post and not have two posts with exactly the same topic and information on it. They are trying to determine if you have or had TB or not. So they will do some more tests, and if they determine that you have TB then you will have to go on medications and be seen back at date and time in the future before you are cleared for an interview. If they determine that you do not have TB then everything is fine and you go to interview.

But I never had active TB. Can I show another xray and medical certificate to st lukes from another hospital to prove I dont have active tb?

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But I don't have active TB. Should I really wait for 2 months? Can't I present to st lukes another xray and medical certificate from another hospital to prove I don't have tb, instead of waiting for 2 mos??

You have to complete the 60 day SPUTUM, it is not an option if you want a visa.

You can present other x-rays and medical information to St. Luke's but it won't change anything. SLEC is required to complete the SPUTUM testing.... that will determine if you have active TB.

You just have to do the time. Just the way it is.

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So sorry to hear about this. I am confident that you will be united with your loved ones in due time.

On the bright side, try to see that you are participating in a process that overall is saving the life of someone else's baby or grandmother. Stuff like this is why the United States is such a great place!

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No, they will not accept that at all. I know this for a fact because one of my asawa's friends got hit the very same way you have been there, she thought that she would be smart and have a second a opinion done on her by another doctor. Well in the end it did not work because St. Luke's still made her follow the policy that they have.

I am sorry you having to go through this. I hope you have a good day.

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