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the bad news
Yesterday, I received a letter from Washington County... the health dept, to be exact. I was sitting at my desk, and a gentleman that I did not recognize came over and handed it to me, and instructed me to read my email for further information, which said that a meeting would be taking place shortly. According to the letter, thirty employees, (myself included) have had significant exposure to someone with an active TB infection (tuberculosis). This means, we all have to be tested by the county (or our regular physician,) and, if tested positive, take medication to prevent the infection from becoming active TB. The medication has to be taken for 9 months (!) during which time monthly blood test to determine liver toxicity are done to prevent possible liver failure from the preventative drugs. I was more than a little pissed off, considering I have an autoimmune disease and tend to catch everything within a 3 mile radius, and especially since I am going in anyway tomorrow for a liver test to determine if I can add the Adderall to my growing arsenal of daily meds, and the lady from the county patronizing all of us about how we 'can't go out partying' if we have to take the meds because of the possible liver damage and laughing it up really didn't help, either. It's like it never entered into this woman's mind that some of us might already take a generous amount of meds every day, and hence don't need to be talked down to like we're irresponsible little children. She also said she was there for us to 'talk' if we needed to... *vomit* Thanks, but the possibility that I may have contracted a deadly disease is not something I want to talk to a complete stranger about.. of the people I did want to talk to right then, friends, family and my husband come to mind, but not you. So, that test is Friday.. wish me luck.