a little scared about medical

[katehughes]

Hi, I suffer from anxiety and I am a little worried about going to get my medical.
I am also worried incase they contact me after the medical with bad results.
I had a medical this last march and everything was fine but I just worry.

If I have any medical problems will they contact me?
Or will they just contact me if something is serious?
Or do they tell you on the day.

 

[angelbrat]

They will contact you if they detect anything serious. The medical is a simple process....they ask your history....take blood and urine....do a chest xray....check your eyesight....and that is about it....

As a spouse, you are not inadmissible for any medical problems, just Canada needs to know if you have any form of contagious disease before you enter Canada, so they can monitor and treat it.

Do not worry too much about it, I am sure everything will be just fine.

 

[Rinnerz]

My DMP told me that he would only contact me if something came up in my test results that I needed to know about (i.e. something I was unaware of currently that needed to be treated, etc.). He said, "no news is good news" and I never did hear from him afterwards .

I doubt they would/could tell you anything on the day of the medical, since they do have to wait for the results of your bloodwork, x-ray and urine sample to come back anyway. But try not to worry so much. They're standard tests. You'll be fine.

 

[MandiF]

I receive negative lab results from my blood tests sent to my house, which was good.

But other than that I just had a few questions, then checked weight, height, breast exam, abdominal exam, reflexes, drew my blood, needed a urine sample and then sent me on my way for x-rays.

 

[nyssa]

You should be fine! I couldn't even pass the urine exam (3 days after period, but still contaminated) so my medicals were incomplete and I was still approved. Granted, I'm sure this is an exception, but because the medical exam isn't the IO's top priority when assessing a spousal application (in fact, I'm really not sure why they require us to do it since it has no bearing) it's just not so bad. And worst come worst, they will ask you to re-do it, but it will not be a refusal on your application.

 

[Love_Young]

My DMP told me that he would only contact me if something came up in my test results that I needed to know about (i.e. something I was unaware of currently that needed to be treated, etc.). He said, "no news is good news" and I never did hear from him afterwards .

I doubt they would/could tell you anything on the day of the medical, since they do have to wait for the results of your bloodwork, x-ray and urine sample to come back anyway. But try not to worry so much. They're standard tests. You'll be fine.

He told me the same thing too. He must tell all his patients that. I just agreed with him and went on my way.
I never heard from him so must have been a good thing. Btw are you on FB?

 

[ariell]

They will contact you if they detect anything serious. The medical is a simple process....they ask your history....take blood and urine....do a chest xray....check your eyesight....and that is about it....

As a spouse, you are not inadmissible for any medical problems, just Canada needs to know if you have any form of contagious disease before you enter Canada, so they can monitor and treat it.

Do not worry too much about it, I am sure everything will be just fine.

It is erroneous to say that spouses cannot be inadmissable for any medical reason. This has been incorrectly and repeatedly stated on this forum. Spouses cannot be denied based on excessive demand to the health care or social system. This means that you could have a medical condition -- anxiety, heart disease, cancer, etc. etc. -- and you would not be denied because of the cost of treating your condition. You CAN however be denied if you have a condition that would make you a danger to society. So you could be denied if you had a contagious disease like active TB or a psychiatric condition that makes you a danger to society.

Kate, you have nothing to worry about. The fact that you have anxiety will have no impact on your medical. If you have a serious condition, yes, they will let you know. Good luck.

 

[matthewc]

kate, you really have nothing to worry about. Just think of it as an extra check-up.

ariell is quite right that spouses can be denied on medical grounds. It is extremely rare though. Actually even active (contagious) TB wouldn't result in refusal for a sponsorship, just a delay to the application while it was treated and rendered inactive. See OP2 section 5.7:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/op/op02-eng.pdf

"Examples of possible delays:
• Medical delay—the requirement to undergo 6 months of treatment for active tuberculosis;"

To my knowledge, only a psychiatric condition that makes you a danger to society would result in an outright refusal, but like I said it's very very rare. I do recall reading a case that determined "society" includes yourself, so someone who is a real danger to themself could also be refused.

 

[rosellyalung]

hello! i am quite very enlighteded with what i am reading. i am under live incareiver program and my husband and son is included in PR application. i am a little bit scared because my husband has a type 2 diabetes and taking medications for it and is under controlled, if the request for medical will come, would it be better that my husband obtained a doctor certificate saying that his diabetes is controlled and is under medication before he goes to medical? thansk for your input !

 

[Baloo]

hello! i am quite very enlighteded with what i am reading. i am under live incareiver program and my husband and son is included in PR application. i am a little bit scared because my husband has a type 2 diabetes and taking medications for it and is under controlled, if the request for medical will come, would it be better that my husband obtained a doctor certificate saying that his diabetes is controlled and is under medication before he goes to medical? thansk for your input !

He does not need a note from his doctor, just take the list of medications to the DMP.

 

[rosellyalung]

ah ok thanks baloo, i am thiniking that the medical certificate will state taht hw is under controlled would that help?

 

[rubyalabar]

He said, "no news is good news" and I never did hear from him afterwards

maybe this is in their DMP manual because I heard the same thing from the DMP I went to and I'm here in the Philippines. ;D

 

[rosellyalung]

@rubyalabar- so i it will help if my hubby will bring doc cert? i am fr the philippines too! ty!

 

[rubyalabar]

yes, i would suggest you bring the certificate just to be sure. imagine if it turns out that the DMP wants or needs it and he did not bring, that would be a hassle to go back again just for that especially if he lives far from the DMP's clinic.

@ rubyalabar- so i it will help if my hubby will bring doc cert? i am fr the philippines too! ty!

 

[Baloo]

yes, i would suggest you bring the certificate just to be sure. imagine if it turns out that the DMP wants or needs it and he did not bring, that would be a hassle to go back again just for that especially if he lives far from the DMP's clinic.

They will not want a certificate to say "under control".

The answers that they want will be in the medical results, from the tests that they tell you to take.
If they see the prescription listing your meds then they will know if you are under control.