Dear Samina and 2010 AD appplicants who's waiting for PPR:
I just want to share the progress of my application.
My daughter (dependant) received a letter from cic-manila (where they took their medical there) requesting her to perform sputum test as she was diagnosed with Tuberculosis. She was already under medication before she underwent medical test but still required for a 2-month sputum culture test. Also she has to take repeat x-rays after 3rd month and 6th month of medication.
I also want to share that I was confused before regarding SMOKING vs TUBERCULOSIS. I had this notion that if we smoke, it can cause us to have TUBERCULOSIS. I was surprised to know that IT IS NOT.
My daughter is not smoking but she's positive with TB while my husband is a chain smoker and he is NEGATIVE from TB.
Quote:
SMOKING VS TUBERCULOSIS:
Well there is NO relation between both of them: Tuberculosis is a bacteria and smoking does NOT cause tuberculosis instead, you can catch tuberculosis even if your healthy. Smoking can bring all sort of illness such as CHRONIC Obstructive Pulmonary Decease. Hypoxic Drive, CONGESTIVE Heart failure, stroke. Tuberculosis existed for thousand of year along with cattle to human that's why they pasteurize the milk to eliminate the bacteria and it's also airborne once it's cough.
Unquote:
Our initial medical was on October 2011, so we still have time to finish her medication before our medicals expire..Meaning, it's still a couple of months' journey for us.