IOM TB CLEARANCE

[caramel02]

Hello everyone! Is there anyone here who had previously treated PTB and got an IOM TB clearance? I had my xray in the IOM last 19 September but since I showed them my medical certificate and previous xrays, since I had a history, they told me that I needed to do an sputum exam which will take 9 long weeks before I get my medical certificate from the IOM (hoping and praying that there will be no growth) and I am expecting to have it by the first week of December. Basically there is a delay in my visa application, in addition to that, by the time that I will have that tb clearance my certificate of sponsorship will be expired by then. I am not sure if the hospital that I am applying to will be able to extend or request for another certificate. Would you mind to share if you guys also had an sputum exam and the result. Was it clear after 9 weeks? I have searched the internet for enormous times but I could not find a forum which says that they got the clearance after 9 weeks. I'm afraid that all those who undergo the sputum exam are eventually advised to undergo the treatment. I guess I cannot take that anymore, tb treatment was really hard and I suffered a lot of med side effects, my pulmonologist was even confident that my ptb last year is healed.

Thank you so much your response will be very much appreciated.