Titres vs. Vaccination

[giannidellavigne 0]

Hi all. My story about how my wife lost the vaccination supplement and the civil surgeons in my area will only do a completel medical with the vaccines ( for a grand total around $500) is documented here:

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I was reading related posts and read something about "Titres" (which I believe are counts in blood levels of the vaccines ) can be used instead of getting the vaccines again.

Has anyone had any luck with this and can the civil surgeon use Titres in place of actual vaccines to fill out the I-693A supplement form?

Thanks as always, for any help.

John

[Dr_LHA 3]

From what the doctor told me at my medical, the test to find vaccination levels in the blood is considerably more expensive that just having the vaccinations. He gave me an example of someone who ended up with a bill for thousands for the tests, whereas the shots would have cost him $400.

[giannidellavigne 0]

Wow..that's expensive. What a racket they're running.

[Lou Lou 1]

I had titres instead of jabs and it cost me $150 to test for 3 of them. And yes, the civil surgeon used those results to fill out the supplement with no problems at all. Just call around and get some quotes at clinics. There may be clinics out there charging thousands for titres, but more fool the people that actually pay that.

[kim&james 0]

the titers will only prove that you have had the vaccines. you will still need to go to the civil surgeon and get the correct vacc form filled in.

yes they are a rip off... when i looked into mine, there is only 1 doc in our area who will charge $175 just to re write out my vacc cert. I still have copies of my original medical and vacc. the next doc closest to me is a 3 hour drive away. I have submitted my original medical and vacc stuff and will just deal with that as I come to it....

My only hope is that eventually they will sort out this mess they call the medical and vacc.. until then most of us are going to continue to have problems.

[nayalamb 0]

do you have health insurance? they may cover either the shot or the titres (at least in part). mine was covered so the titre was zero and since i didn't have enough immunity in my blood for chicken pox i got the jab ($10 co-pay). the I-693A was $35 and i got the doctor's name from a fellow VJer from my city (Philly).

she lost her supplement, but was there any luck trying to get a copy from the original panel physician? they ought to have kept a record of it for their files. what about records of vaccination from her childhood? wouldn't her parents have a copy of the card? or her former family doctor?

hope it works out for you soon.

good luck!

[iceyspots 0]

The titres are made to find antibodies that were produced by the vaccine, not the vaccine itself.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Your wife lost the worksheet not the supplement.

see part IV

Technical Instructions to Civil Surgeons for Vaccination Requirements