Help with the medical test...IBD

[ahmedhere]

Hi everyone,

Right now I'm in the process of applying for PR, and I recently did my medical test...everything is fine except for one thing,

I have IBD and I'm on Remicade, Remicade is a quite expensive drug, but it is not covered by Canada's health insurance anyways...I get it covered through a support program from the pharma company..

My disease is totally under control and I live perfectly normal with no major or minor health issues at all, the only thing is that I have to stay always on the drug...

So now I'm quite concerned, would that lead to my application being rejected cause of medical failure? does anyone have/know a similar case?

 

[ahmedhere]

Anyone had or know a similar case please? and also should I write a letter indicating that my disease is under control and that my drug is covered by a private support program and not the govt?

 

[kryt0n]

If you have to pay for your own drugs in Canada (even via insurance) then it's no problem.

 

[ahmedhere]

If you have to pay for your own drugs in Canada (even via insurance) then it's no problem.

Thank you for your reply, should I indicate that in the letter? that this drug is not covered by the govt?

 

[kryt0n]

Thank you for your reply, should I indicate that in the letter? that this drug is not covered by the govt?

Have you had your medical yet?

 

[ahmedhere]

Have you had your medical yet?

Yes...this morning

 

[ahmedhere]

Have you had your medical yet?

Why?

 

[kryt0n]

Because that's where you would declare it and the Dr would likely tell you how to proceed, I believe. You can explain it in your LOE if you want

 

[alxms10]

Like kryt0n said this is something you hopefully mentioned to your examiner, he should asked you if you're on medications etc.

If not I don't think it's the end of the world, but you need to explain (maybe he your examiner didn't ask you for example)

 

[tosinosho1992]

Why?

Did you apply in Canada? A kind user of this forum shared his story about procedural fairness with Crohn's disease (IBD). He was on Humira which I believe is similar to remicade (I could be wrong). He received procedural fairness letter but was able to overcome it. Please follow the link below:

http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/help-permanent-residency-possible-medical-inadmissibility-t175530.0.html;msg2761752#msg2761752

Did the doctor do any tests/checks related to your IBD?

 

[ahmedhere]

No, the doctor didn't ask :/, should I write it in the LOE then?

I honestly didn't think about it because the question were so fast and the procedure took just 15 mins, and I didn't expect the question, plus I don't know he can write that in his form...

And no, he didn't ask for further tests...it is just when I got home I started to think about and then searched online and knew about the whole excessive demand thing...

 

[kryt0n]

No, the doctor didn't ask :/, should I write it in the LOE then?

I honestly didn't think about it because the question were so fast and the procedure took just 15 mins, and I didn't expect the question, plus I don't know he can write that in his form...

And no, he didn't ask for further tests...it is just when I got home I started to think about and then searched online and knew about the whole excessive demand thing...

Did he not ask "are you taking medication?"

 

[ahmedhere]

Did you apply in Canada? A kind user of this forum shared his story about procedural fairness with Crohn's disease (IBD). He was on Humira which I believe is similar to remicade (I could be wrong). He received procedural fairness letter but was able to overcome it. Please follow the link below:

http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/help-permanent-residency-possible-medical-inadmissibility-t175530.0.html;msg2761752#msg2761752

Did the doctor do any tests/checks related to your IBD?

Thank you so much, this was helpful but that case was quite different, Humira is mainly covered by the government (the majority of its cost)...while Remicade is not covered by the government, I get support for it through a compassionate program from the phramaceutical company itself...the government doesn't pay anything for it...

 

[ahmedhere]

Did he not ask "are you taking medication?"

He did, and then I said "remicade" and then he noted it in his form...so I asked "is there a problem with that?", he replied "no no, I just have to indicate it in the form"...then moved to the next part of the test...that's it, didn't ask about the cost or where i get support for it etc..

 

[ahmedhere]

I just searched on this website and found that it can be covere in Canada by the insurance, I guess that will make my chances worse eventhough I have it covered from another source:

http://drugcoverage.ca/en-ca/search-results.aspx?ID=9430

Also, its cost is a little cheaper than Humira, but still very expensive, around 10K per year