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Whomever prescribes the INH, will monitor your liver enzymes closely to assure that you are not damaging your liver. Your local Health Dept has an excellent DVD or VHS called TB Strikes Again. Research as much as you can and make your deceision. If it were me, I would proably go ahead and take the treatment. I know many many people who are converters that have not developed active TB but get x-rays periodically.

If the x-ray is negative and sputum samples are negative, you should be able to work. Have you spoken with your local Health Department and a Pulmonologist?

I know this is very annoying and time consuming as a nurse. This is one of the reason, I don't think I could work in a nursing home. I have recently started having a problem with swallowing pills myself and I AM NOT OLD. I think some people after having GER, develop a limited kind of paralyisis OR maybe spasms when it comes to swallowing small dry things. Sometimes, even with a lot of water, I have problems. Yet I can eat popcorn. I have noticed drinking something warm helps a lot~but, with patients there is always the risk of somthing being too, warm. I think that some adults have small ischemic attacks that can cause some mild esophageal spasms or paralysis, and be totally unaware that this has happened. I use to think that all of these cases were Psyche cases to some degree...now that it is happening to me, I am beginning to realize that there is something physical happening to cause the problem. Hats off to all nurses who have patience with this issue!

Well, it doesn't pay what nursing does, but it is very fun and can be exciting & interesting. How about a unit secretary or unit clerk. I did that for 14 years and absolutely loved it. Unfortunately, I needed to make more money to meet my goals. I had to move on to nursing. Lucky for me that, although I am an introvert, I do love people, so this helps me.

I use to work in Birth Registry before I became an RN. I DID point out to people that the spelling was "unusual," and asked if they intended to spell it that way. I would also, point out the proper way to spell it, the way other people might say it wrong, and the way other people may perceive it. I would advise that it was my duty to point these things out to new parents, and that in no way was I trying to influence how they spelled it. Some would change it, others would leave it the same. I never received criticism from any of them.