TB Chronicles — 7 days down…
263 to go…Or 1 week down, 35 to go. The days make it sound much worse. Week one on the medication has been rather uneventful. I’m still sitting in front of my computer a lot — writing cover letters now, and trying to finish up all the Mexico loose ends. The days go back very quickly some...
TB chronicles — Chest X‑Ray, 2 Views
I have my appointment with the health department to discuss and presumably start treatment for latent TB later this week. Meanwhile, I picked up the blood test report, and the nifty CD with my digital chest x‑ray on it. I also had a nice conversation with a Peace Corps Nurse, and former PCMO, in the Office of Medical Services...
TB testing — round 2
At this point I have my FUTB shirt in-hand, and I have earned it. I spent a morning last week running around from the doctor to various labs to have blood taken for the QuantiFERON (Gold!) blood test and a chest x‑ray. It was all pretty easy except the first lab I went to didn’t do the blood test, and the...
That’s quite a TB test you have there…
At first, I was going to take a few shots because it was such an eye-catching circle that the lab drew on my arm, and why not? It’s surprisingly hard to take a good shot of the near-elbow region of your own arm, so the challenge was interesting. The other spot outside the circle is where they drew...