Your doctor would need to comment on the X-rays, not just you yourself. That would show that they're not something someone tech-savvy has invented.
Your doctor would need to comment on the X-rays, not just you yourself. That would show that they're not something someone tech-savvy has invented.
Do you have any idea if the x ray alone would be enough to get me a pass in this case given my situation? I looked into tb skin tests where I live and they take about 2 weeks and you get them without a referral from a GP; you just walk in with a drivers license. I am neither sure on the conclusiveness of tb skin tests in ruling out tb nor if the MA would want/be able to use this additional evidence?
Also, other than an xray and maybe a tb test, is there anything else I could do? I have seen some people specifically going to a lung specialist like a pulmonologist to specifically get an xray and/or interpret the results to then provide a note to forward to the MA instead of a GP.
I'm not sure what is the best option(s) here as even my GP was just speculating when he made the old and new x ray as proof suggestion.
Last edited by johnc12; 9th June 2019 at 07:47 AM.
I'm not a medical specialist, so I can't promise you I'll be right! However, I doubt the walk-in tests alone would be regarded conclusive. The MAs are always looking for an explanation of what is, not just to rule something (and you're thinking all the time of TB) out. So whatever you send needs to be the considered opinion of a doctor or specialist, either saying that the previous X-ray is flawed and a new, clear one is fine, or else some such thing as that you had a passing infection that has now cleared up. So a visit to the lung specialist would probably be the right thing to do - not least because, if you turn out to have some lurking problem (and of course, I hope you don't) although you've been feeling perfectly fit and well, the specialist would immediately put you on a course of treatment, and that is actually more important in the long run than anything else.