Universe93B

Universe93B

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  1. Peth alcohol testing (whole blood and finger prick) Real-world examples here

    Universe93B replied to Universe93B's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah, of course - you need a prescription for any of those. If you have one, that's fine. But there are people out there getting a $120 test every month in addition to their urine ETGs 3X a month,...

  2. Peth alcohol testing (whole blood and finger prick) Real-world examples here

    Universe93B replied to Universe93B's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Here's what I found out about the SSRI part and why they are checked. There are some in monitoring with a contract that actually specifies that they get a DBS finger prick test every month...

  3. Peth alcohol testing (whole blood and finger prick) Real-world examples here

    Universe93B replied to Universe93B's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Something else that was tested by a colleague - the Peth using whole blood and the peth value using a finger prick is the same result. One is not more accurate than the other or less accurate....

  4. Testing on Holidays

    Universe93B replied to dancinginthedark's topic in Nurses Recovery

    No, for me if I try to check in on the RecoveryTrek app, it says "You are trying to check-in on a day that is not required by your program" or something similar. Many people don't have much...

  5. Monitoring and had a pETh test 5.5 days ago

    Universe93B replied to Raccoon1982's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Don't worry about hair etg - it is not very sensitive and positive for multiple heavy drinking episodes. I know a person who did a binge episode 3 times over 2 months and hair etg was still...

  6. Monitoring and had a pETh test 5.5 days ago

    Universe93B replied to Raccoon1982's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Ridiculous. Just ridiculous. How long is the evaluation and what programs do they have in their services

  7. Monitoring and had a pETh test 5.5 days ago

    Universe93B replied to Raccoon1982's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Thanks for updating us Sam90. So 2 weeks before the test you had around 4 drinks, and 1 week before the peth test you had 6 drinks (three 24 oz beers). And your peth was negative (below 20ng)....

  8. Foods to avoid

    Universe93B replied to Smit5292's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Understood. ETG cutoff is not 20 for any lab, maybe possible for research labs. It is 100ng for urine ETG for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dentists etc etc. Urine ETG cutoff is 500 for legal...

  9. Foods to avoid

    Universe93B replied to Smit5292's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Healer555, I think you are a little too paranoid that is considered healthy! I eat everything that I did before monitoring and I get 3-4 urine ETGs a month so everything is fine. The only thing I...

  10. Starting 1yr monitoring

    Universe93B replied to PaNurse2023's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Like Healer555 said, change your username if that's your real name. If that's your made up name, then cool. So it was reported you were intoxicated that was proven false by testing, but they...

  11. Monitoring and had a pETh test 5.5 days ago

    Universe93B replied to Raccoon1982's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hand sanitizer is 60% ethanol or 70% isopropyl alcohol. Doesn't matter though, hand sanitizer is a frequent excuse used when people's urine etg or even peth tests come back positive. It's an even...

  12. Monitoring and had a pETh test 5.5 days ago

    Universe93B replied to Raccoon1982's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I doubt it's below 20ng for peth. Some lab studies have used 10ng has a cutoff, but even medical communities don't agree to use anything less than 20ng cutoff for substance use detection - even...

  13. Monitoring and had a pETh test 5.5 days ago

    Universe93B replied to Raccoon1982's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Okay, let's create a timeline: 14 days ago - about 6.5 drinks (using a standard drink calc since you had 8% beers). 7 days ago - 6 drinks (since those 24oz beers were twice the size)....

  14. Monitoring and had a pETh test 5.5 days ago

    Universe93B replied to Raccoon1982's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Your peth test was positive even after 12 days after? How much and how often did you drink before the 4/12 episode? You may have been starting with a positive peth already before the 4/12

  15. Be careful in monitoring with urine and blood tests like peth!

    Universe93B posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    I have a friend who is in a 5 year monitoring program with 3 Urine etg per month and probably around 2-3 peth a year. She's in a very tough state with a strict monitoring program. She's already past...

  16. Have Hope.

    Universe93B replied to MinnesotaRN2005's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Thanks for coming back to this site after many years and sharing your story and where you are at now. Everyone here appreciates

  17. Vacationing while in monitoring

    Universe93B replied to Nursejess1214's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Was this after Covid? Because after covid, it is not easy to find a lab site that has enough hours and that's the last thing you want to do on vacation. Much easier to ask for an exemption...

  18. Last 8 weeks testing

    Universe93B replied to Nursinggirl17's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Anyone with a medical background, like us, can tell this is not random. There is no point to doing a peth test every week. Total robbery of money here. After you're done with the program, I would...

  19. Last 8 weeks testing

    Universe93B replied to Nursinggirl17's topic in Nurses Recovery

    But this doesn't help the "monitoring participant" adapt to how they should be living their life. The monitoring contract is to help the individual abstain from alcohol or substances and learn other...

  20. Be careful in monitoring with urine and blood tests like peth!

    Universe93B replied to Universe93B's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It won't pick up periodic drinking though - ask me how I know LOL. 1-3 drinks every other week or maybe even more often will not be in a hair/nail etg. Hair/Nail ETG is a long-term test, but it's...

  21. Be careful in monitoring with urine and blood tests like peth!

    Universe93B replied to Universe93B's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Jtc4583, can you please provide some context as we all asked earlier? Did you drink before the peth and how much/how long before the test? Did they even try to ask you why or what did you say...

  22. Last 8 weeks testing

    Universe93B replied to Nursinggirl17's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Right, in my program, the number of urine etg tests per month decreases by quite a bit in the last part. But there is a random peth and a random nail/hair etg that happens also sometime during that...

  23. Monitoring and had a pETh test 5.5 days ago

    Universe93B replied to Raccoon1982's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Racoon1982, just wanted to follow-up again and see if you saw the questions in the previous

  24. Last 8 weeks testing

    Universe93B replied to Nursinggirl17's topic in Nurses Recovery

    You're supposed to get less testing as the end nears. All of these monitoring programs are so sick - with no help of any kind of recovery. They just make you angry and angrier. Keep up the great...

  25. Monitoring and had a pETh test 5.5 days ago

    Universe93B replied to Raccoon1982's topic in Nurses Recovery

    You drank 2 standard drinks (2 mini-bottles, probably 50ml each) and you HAD NOT drank for 4 weeks before that, correct? And you had a peth test 5.5 days later and it was a 37? That doesn't...