Test results are in!!

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Registered: 10-15-2006
Test results are in!!
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Mon, 02-05-2007 - 3:30pm

Well i actually thought the test results would come back negative. the health dept. was so convinced they got my test results mixed up with someone elses so imagine our shock when the skin test came back positive. Last night it looked to me to be negative. just a little tiny bruise from the needle. well what they look for now i a lump under the skin and sure enough there was a small lump there. so they are going to test the sputum test set me up for chest x rays and another type of skin test. she said not to stop any of my meds yet but not to get my remicaide until those tests come back. it can take up to three weeks for the sputum tests to grow and come back. so she said to treat it as i do have active T.B. and protect myelf and others. I have face masks to wear when i'm coughing. i'm getting another upper respitory infection probally from my dh. so i have to do that and not let the kids drink or eat after me.

I just can't believe this is happeneing

I can't go off my crohns meds I don't want to gothrough that again and she said when i take the meds for the T.B. i'll be deathly ill for at least the first three months!

Why is this happening to me. i feel as though i'm being punished and i'm telling you right now today that wall is looking pretty good to me. i know i need to call my therappist but i'm being selfish and i just don't want to talk to her. i went to my dh's work and called him outside he sat in the car with me while i told him what the results were (he didn't want to come out of the building he wanted me to tell him over the phone!!!!) so after i tell him he is like the test are probally wrong your worry about it and don't need to. i had 7 people there read the test and 6 of them said def. positive and the 7th person was iffy on it.

i'm so depressed right now i just want to laydown and sleep. think i'll go and drink a glass of wine maybe that will help settle my nerves.

Rogbin

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Registered: 03-09-2005
Mon, 02-05-2007 - 4:03pm

Libby,

I'm worried about you! I hope you get the best of care and that they take good care of you. This must be so scary.

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Registered: 02-12-2004
Mon, 02-05-2007 - 5:13pm

Hey Robin,


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Tue, 02-06-2007 - 11:24am
Robin I am so sorry you are going through this. I am here for you always. Keep us updated.

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