MEDICAL UPDATE

[BOKURAGAITA 101]

So yesterday was my Medical at St. Lukes, no sign of illness, no fever, no cough just plain excited and of course Im negative in swabtest. 

I was surprised when they told me that I need to do a Sputum Test, at first im confused because my last Medical July 2020 im good. 

So, 3 days collection and today was my 1st. I have a hard time coughing since I dont have like bad cough and I gagged the entire time trying to spit and if i drink cold and eat sweets  thats when l get cold cough. My spit (sorry) was clear and im so confused how they concluded i have "something" in my lungs. 🤦‍♀️ they should have concluded after 2x attempt of xray and not just " they saw a line, something" once,

Oh Lord JESUS. 

This whole sputum thing is the worst, need to reschedule my interview. If im done in 2mos waiting how long the Embassy can reschedule my interview? 

 

Thank you. 

Edited October 19, 2021 by BOKURAGAITA

[Commish10 427]

2 hours ago, BOKURAGAITA said:

So yesterday was my Medical at St. Lukes, no sign of illness, no fever, no cough just plain excited and of course Im negative in swabtest. 

I was surprised when they told me that I need to do a Sputum Test, at first im confused because my last Medical July 2020 im good. 

So, 3 days collection and today was my 1st. I have a hard time coughing since I dont have like bad cough and I gagged the entire time trying to spit and if i drink cold and eat sweets  thats when l get cold cough. My spit (sorry) was clear and im so confused how they concluded i have "something" in my lungs. 🤦‍♀️ they should have concluded after 2x attempt of xray and not just " they saw a line, something" once,

Oh Lord JESUS. 

This whole sputum thing is the worst, need to reschedule my interview. If im done in 2mos waiting how long the Embassy can reschedule my interview? 

 

Thank you. 

When we had to rescdule ours recently (for a different reason) it took 2 months. Then they only gave us 1 week notice.

[jm302music 25]

4 hours ago, BOKURAGAITA said:

So yesterday was my Medical at St. Lukes, no sign of illness, no fever, no cough just plain excited and of course Im negative in swabtest. 

I was surprised when they told me that I need to do a Sputum Test, at first im confused because my last Medical July 2020 im good. 

So, 3 days collection and today was my 1st. I have a hard time coughing since I dont have like bad cough and I gagged the entire time trying to spit and if i drink cold and eat sweets  thats when l get cold cough. My spit (sorry) was clear and im so confused how they concluded i have "something" in my lungs. 🤦‍♀️ they should have concluded after 2x attempt of xray and not just " they saw a line, something" once,

Oh Lord JESUS. 

This whole sputum thing is the worst, need to reschedule my interview. If im done in 2mos waiting how long the Embassy can reschedule my interview? 

 

Thank you. 

So sorry to hear that you are going through this!  My fiancee and I went through the sputum-test maze twice.  Same thing as your case.  There was absolutely no reason for them to put her through that.

 

Long story short, those two sputum-test delays all but eliminated our chances of ever being together. I hope and pray that you have a better ending.

 

Joel

[PWB 213]

So sorry to hear that.  We went through the same mess with SLC and I blasted them here on Visa Journey.   SLC sent us through the Sputum protocol two times and attempted to do it the third time.   This and mistakes made by the Consulate in returning her passport and telling her she had to take a  physical for the third time prompted me to have my State Senator to intervene.  The consulate corrected his mistake and the visa was issued.  This failed sputum will follow you to the U.S.  You will be tested again here.  The horrible part of all this is my wife has received a clear bill of health and her blood work disclosed she never had TB.

[Chancy 6,241]

17 hours ago, BOKURAGAITA said:

This whole sputum thing is the worst, need to reschedule my interview. If im done in 2mos waiting how long the Embassy can reschedule my interview? 

 

I feel your pain.  I went through sputum testing myself and also had a hard time with the specimen collection.

 

As for rescheduling, USEM emailed my expedited interview schedule 3 weeks after the release of my medical exam results.  My case is IR1 though.  Not sure if they reschedule K1 cases just as quickly as they did mine.  It might help to contact USEM as soon as you get your medical results from SLEC.  That's what I did.