Re: my husband- OT (need some help)

[Guest guest]

he told me it could come back positive

> but that doesnt mean he has active TB. this sounds like a load to

me

> and i am terrified. does anyone know anything about this?

>

> vicki

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Vicki....my entire family test Violently positive for TB (that is

everyone except me) They do NOT nor have ever HAD Tb. What the

positive results mean " they have been exposed and developed

antibodies " but " NOT " Tb. Now, When they have to test they have a

Chest Xray...soooooo don't panic.

Prayers sent

Jo

[Guest guest]

> he told me it could come back positive

> > but that doesnt mean he has active TB. this sounds like a load

to

> me

> > and i am terrified. does anyone know anything about this?

> >

> > vicki

> ====================

>

> Vicki....my entire family test Violently positive for TB (that is

> everyone except me) They do NOT nor have ever HAD Tb. What the

> positive results mean " they have been exposed and developed

> antibodies " but " NOT " Tb. Now, When they have to test they have

a

> Chest Xray...soooooo don't panic.

>

> Prayers sent

> Jo

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as we speak, james is having a chest x ray. thank you for putting my

mind at ease

vicki

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 2/3/2004 11:20:38 AM Central Standard Time,

lghthousegrl@... writes:

i have been in tears

all night and all this morning. he is on his way for a chest xray to

make sure he doesnt have it. he told me it could come back positive

but that doesnt mean he has active TB. this sounds like a load to me

and i am terrified. does anyone know anything about this?

vicki

Vicki,

A positive test means you have been exposed to the bacteria and not that

he has TB. You can also develop a reaction to the stuff they use to test and

have a false positive. It would mean he has to have x rays from now on because

he will more than likely react from now on. I know lots of people who have to

have x rays because of the test.

in Bama

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VBG to RNY1996 revision(Lost from 343 to 299)

RNY to DS revision Dec 2002 -down 118 lbs so far (377.7 to 259.4 and still

going

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[Guest guest]

> hi guys-

>

> as a corrections officer, my husband has to have a TB test every

> year. he had it read this year and it came back negative. I sent

him

> to the doctor for some blood work because he is doing atkins (lost

> 30 pounds) and i wanted the doc to check his colesteral and all

that

> stuff. when james went in, he showed the doc a bump from where he

> had the TB test done. the doc thought it was weird and had another

> one done. it came back " borderline positive. " i have been in tears

> all night and all this morning. he is on his way for a chest xray

to

> make sure he doesnt have it. he told me it could come back positive

> but that doesnt mean he has active TB. this sounds like a load to

me

> and i am terrified. does anyone know anything about this?

>

> vicki

Vicki-

Don't panic. Back in 1991 my husband started going to x-ray tech

school. When the time came for him to get a job at the local

hospital, they required a TB test. My husband was asymtomatic (sp),

yet he tested positive for TB. When they did the x-ray test they

discovered that he actually did not have TB –rather, he was a sort of

carrier but could not give anyone TB. (It turned out that his

roommate in the mid-1960s at University of Texas had TB.) My DH did

require a 6-month regime of isonizoid (sp) which is a type of

chemotherapy. My husband had to abstain from alcohol for the

duration. There were no side effects from the drug. Now his regular

tests for TB is an x-ray test read by the radiologist rather than the

typical TB test - since he will always test false positive.

Hope this reassures you.

Pre-op Melinda

DS date with Dr. K: February 10, 2004