sputum test:-(

[*ShyDavid* 1]

tanx sissy

[calibob 73]

im now waiting for my culture test and st.lukes told me to call them on april 30..,and Thanks be to God got negative result sa smear test q.,cultute nalang talaga kulang hayst tagal pa ng april 30..

My wife's been through this twice and it was due to a calcified spot on her lung that showed up on x-ray both physicals. High chance you will be negative since the smear is negative but if you show positive on the culture they will notify you as soon as possible to begin treatments. Best of luck to you and my prayers are with your nerves and patience. Best just to mark the date on your calendar and forget about it till then.

Bob

Edited March 10, 2012 by calibob

[maim3 5]

Hi I just want to share my Medical experience at St. Lukes. On the 2nd day of my medical exam last Friday, i was told to undergo sputum exam starting yesterday. It's my 2nd day today. I guess im a bit lucky than others because i don't need to wait for a long time even my # is 109 because I'm almost 7 months pregnant (may courtesy lane ang mga buntis kumbaga). So when they called the 1st 20 applicants i was the 1st one who was entertained by the staff. But of course, this is not a reason to be happy. Just like others, this whole process is hard to accept. You won't know what will the result be. I'm super paranaoid na to the extent that i classify my sputum sample by myself and after i'm done with it i research online right away what my sputum color means. Tomorrow is my last day. I'm really praying hard for a negative result because i'm so worried for my baby inside my womb, she will suffer the most if i got a positive result. I hope this Friday i will be scheduled for the smear result so that i will have a peace of mind.

I just have few questions:

1) If you get a negative result in your sputum smear, does it follow that your culture is negative also?

2) Is there instances that you got a negative result in smear but you are positive in the culture?

3) What if you got a positive result in the smear, will your culture be automatically positive?

8 weeks delay really destroyed our plan A to give birth in the States but we are in the process accepting this will of God, so we have Plan B now. I just do hope that when i get my culture result i will have a negative result because if i get positive result it means that we have to have Plan C. This medical is worse than waiting for NOA 2