Sputum time line

[Martin_J 0]

My fiance was dinged with the dreaded Sputum. She has made it through the first 3 months and is apparently clear now. Of course she has to fulfill the full 6 months of treatment still. 

 

My question relates to the end of treatment and how soon we can schedule new medical and the interview (obviously pending passed medical). 

 

She gets plenty of opinions from others at St. Luke's but in looking for someone who has been through it and not "going" through it. 

 

Approx how long after that final treatment at St. Luke's will you be able to reschedule the medical exam? She's been told that she will have to wait an additional 2 months for final sputum results. Her current tests are all negative at this point. Wondering if she has to wait at all (after) considering that. 

 

Bonus question. Others also tell her the time will be extended depending upon how many Holidays the clinic was closed on. True? 

 

Thanks in advance for any advice 

 

* started treatment 3/28/22

[RO_AH 1,659]

2 hours ago, Martin_J said:

She has made it through the first 3 months and is apparently clear now. Of course she has to fulfill the full 6 months of treatment still. 

She is not clear if they are requiring her to go through the treatment. My wife was flagged for testing, and then cleared after completing the testing, then went on for the interview. She was never required to get treatment,

 

For the rest of your questions, I will let people who have experienced it or have more knowledge to answer. However I do not think that she needs to reschedule the medical. She has not completed this one. This is just what I believe and I may be wrong.

 

[brightfuture78 118]

 

 

12 hours ago, RO_AH said:

She is not clear if they are requiring her to go through the treatment. My wife was flagged for testing, and then cleared after completing the testing, then went on for the interview. She was never required to get treatment,

 

I think he's saying that his fiancé started 6 months of DOT at St. Luke's - they give sputum culture results every 3 months during the process - the results for this particular sample was clear.

 

15 hours ago, Martin_J said:

My question relates to the end of treatment and how soon we can schedule new medical and the interview (obviously pending passed medical). 

   

My wife went through this process, but her experience likely won't line up with your fiancé, for several different reasons. It's been a while, so the details are fuzzy, but I recall St. Luke's having her come in about a month after her treatment ended for a follow-up. During the follow-up, they automatically scheduled another medical. So, I would expect about a 1 - 2 months after DOT before you can safely schedule an interview at USEM. Then again, my wife went through this during the height of the pandemic, so the timeline might have been affected by that.

[Martin_J 0]

2 minutes ago, brightfuture78 said:

 

 

 

I think he's saying that his fiancé started 6 months of DOT at St. Luke's - they give sputum culture results every 3 months during the process - the results for this particular sample was clear.

 

   

My wife went through this process, but her experience likely won't line up with your fiancé, for several different reasons. It's been a while, so the details are fuzzy, but I recall St. Luke's having her come in about a month after her treatment ended for a follow-up. During the follow-up, they automatically scheduled another medical. So, I would expect about a 1 - 2 months after DOT before you can safely schedule an interview at USEM. Then again, my wife went through this during the height of the pandemic, so the timeline might have been affected by that.

Thanks 

 

[brightfuture78 118]

15 hours ago, Martin_J said:

Bonus question. Others also tell her the time will be extended depending upon how many Holidays the clinic was closed on. True? 

I don't recall this being the case for my wife, so I'm leaning toward false.