Failed screening

It's probably a good sign that you had to wait an entire day to "call tomorrow."  If they wanted you to stop practicing and get a new eval or whatever, someone would have call you that day.  I've even heard of case managers calling people at like 11pm telling them they have a positive test and to make an action plan.

Just got off the phone with CM and she talked with MRO and deemed it accidental exposure. If anything else happens within the next 6 months I have left I will be reported to the board. Thank you Jesus and to everyone Praying for me! It's been a rough week and a half with this stress and knowing I didn't take anything. I'm gonna make it through this and am never so ready to be done with monitoring, the stress alone is punishment enough! 

JackieeD said:

Just got off the phone with CM and she talked with MRO and deemed it accidental exposure. If anything else happens within the next 6 months I have left I will be reported to the board. Thank you Jesus and to everyone Praying for me! It's been a rough week and a half with this stress and knowing I didn't take anything. I'm gonna make it through this and am never so ready to be done with monitoring, the stress alone is punishment enough! 

So happy for you. 

Thank you so much!! Been a long stressful week and a half for sure! I truly appreciate everyone for all the comments sure helped quite a bit while waiting. 

And thank you for posting your process also - because it also sheds light on what happens in these situations.  Many of us don't know and also are too afraid/paranoid to ask our case managers about these "what if" scenarios. 

Your welcome! Just always stand your ground if you know you haven't taken anything and always discuss anything with your CM, mine is amazing and very firm but understanding and willing to listen to anything I have concerns about. 

hppygr8ful said:

So glad things are working out for you. I remember how stressful those years in Diversion were, especially the false positives. I found this graphic that might be helpful to all who participate in this forum.

 

 

 

What happened to you when you had a false positive?

hppygr8ful said:

I had three positive ETGs. Technically not false as they only occur when the liver processes ETOH. They were all just above the incidental threshhold. All three times I was taken off work until I had two negative tests. I did a lot of research about products that contain ETOH and one I learned to avoid those products I never had a positive again. I suppose it helped that at the time my boss was friends with my case manager. 

Hppy

That would be a big help.  I consider a false positive alcohol test to be from eating or consuming something like toothpaste, food or using hand sanitizer.  Also lab error.  You had positive tests but didn't drink alcohol so I'd call it a false positive even though that may not be the correct term. Glad things worked our for you.

hppygr8ful said:

Somwhere on this forum I posted the list of substances to avoid including cosmetics and hair dyes. I'll try to find it and post it again.

 

 

Thank you. I know the foods and hand sanitizer.  I avoid perfume. I couldn't find other substances to avoid