Occupational Health Services and Badge ID Encounter

If you work at the hospital, you would first need health clearance
before you start. So what you need us proof of vaccinations of MMR,
immunity to chicken pox, and TB (tuberculosis) test.

Let's have a history of my association with TB. I volunteered at MGH
from 1997 to 1999 and I had a negative TB test result, which means I
had no exposure to TB. TB can be transmitted by air and I must have
somehow encountered someone with tuberculosis at the hospital. My job
there was delivering flowers so my encounters with different patients
are pretty high. Gosh if a patient has TB, they should wear a sign or
something. So during my college entrance check up I was tested
positive, which means I had been exposed to TB, the bacteria is
"dormant" in my lungs. I had been healthy enough that my immune
system had fought off the bacteria.

I told the nurse at the OHS today that I have positive TB and I ask
her i need another test, since I read online that the bacteria might
have been gone after I take anti-biotics. I had taken anti-biotics for
6 months after I found out I had exposure to TB. But she said no I
don't need a test nor chest x-Ray. I asked if i will have "it" for the
rest of my life and she said yes.

So I don't have to take the TB test and go back to check the results
of the test, this is better for me but I also read that there us a
chance for the bacteria to become active if my body is weak or
something. The nurse said I am fine as long as I don't hve any
symptoms. All these years I had forgotten that I'm carrying some
dormant deadly disease in my body. It's like a timer ticking off and a
bomb going off with any sudden trips.

After seeing the nurse I can advance to get an ID badge. I never had
an ID badge at MGH back then. Anyway the woman asked me what dept I
work for, and said that she's never hears of Integrativr Care Dept.
She asked me what it does and I had trouble telling her what that
department does. So at last I said it's Reiki. Then she became very
friendly and bursted out I KNOW REIKI!!! She said she loves reiki and
she had her chiropractor did reiki on her and it felt good. She and
her husband and her son are booking reiki treatments! It's pretty
weird how you think nobody knows about reiki and when you talk about
it all these people come forward and said they've heard about it.

And also to the people who think this is something bogus, a cult,
superstitious behavior - this is something even nurses and doctor
believe in.

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