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...I apologize. I was on the site every day for 8 months - then Li arrived and I haven't been back since. But now I need you (all) again. I would like her mother to come and visit. Can anyone help me?

Thank you so much for this information. I am very surprised that there is not more people inquiring about this on CFL. I have a doctor from the local health department suggesting the 9 month pill a day treatment. This is not a cure, but supposedly decreases the chances from the TB going active from 1 in 10 to 1 in 1000. Call me paranoid, but I am worried this doctor is being recruited by a drug company to find people to use in studies (maybe by the drug manufacturers). I asked about alternate drugs and he blew me off. He did the same this when I asked about a more definative test. He didn't even mention the QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Test. My wife's step mother is a doctor in China and she told her not to take the medication. I am going to contact the CDC and also get more information about her getting the QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Test and go from there. Anyone else out there with more info?

Two weeks ago my wife tested positive for Tb (the test required for her employment)... I was very confused because she had passed her physical to come to the US only 3 months prior and I had the understanding that she had had a vaccine when she was a teenager. So I did some research and found out that the BCG vaccine often used in the past in China can cause a false positive reading. So we go to the doctor today and take the chest X-ray. He tells us that she has inactive TB. I mention BCG, but he say the 18mm reaction to the Tb test is too big to be a false positive from the BCG!! So, he suggest she begins a regimen of INH (isoniazid). One pill per day for 9 months! I don't know what to do!? All medications have side effects and this one has a medication induced hepatitis as a side effect. However, the doctor said most likely this Hep is reversable and they would do a liver panel every month. I don't want to be in denial and put my wife at risk for active Tb some day, but at the same time I don't want to put my wife at risk by taking the medications for 9 months and getting a form of hepatitis and who knows what other side effect either! Does anyone else have any experience with this? Help please.

I know you can get a hard copy of a California Driving Manual in Chinese... but we don't live in California. The Cali DMV offers the manual in English in pdf format, but not in Chinese. Does anyone have an pdf (electronic) copy? Any state will do.

I don't want to misquote her, but I think she said something like - "because he is an honest and kind man", and "I know he loves me"

Thank you everyone for your advice and support. My wife passed her interview and will be here (in the U.S.) at the end of the week. She was only asked 3 interview questions... 1. How did you meet? 2. Why do you love him? 3. Can I see some pictures? She told me the interview took 2 minutes.

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Does anyone have any knowledge of SO's having any health problem stemming from coming to the U.S.? For example many American's traveling abroad get struck with Montezuma's Revenge or get a foreign strain of a bacterial or viral infection. Or on the contrary, will our SO's come here with an extremely high tolerance/immunity due to their higher level of exposure in relation to their standard of living and hygiene practices (personal and communal) and have less illness until they acclimate? Maybe some of you out there know of particular food and/or drug allergies in which Asians are more prone. For example, supposedly over 90% of people of Asian descent are lactate intolerant. So going out and getting a chocolate milk shake every night when your SO first arrives might not be the best idea until you find out if she falls into this category. Anyone have any health and safety tips to offer?

It ended up taking a week (7 days). From Guangzhou to Baoji (Shaanxi Province)

I am also interested in the time it takes... My wife will be flying into Chicago on March 24th. Also, what should she expect? Are they going to take her into the immigration wing of the airport and sit her down for an interview? Or is it going to be two hours waiting in line to have her passport stamped - and then prodded down toward the X-ray machines hearing "Next!" in the background?

Nevermind... I found the answer on an old post. http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8756

My wife's P-4 was mailed February 22nd. She has still not received it. I thought the P-4's were mailed China Post EMS and that EMS only took 3-4 days? Is there a way to track the P-4? I called the DOS and they were not able to help. I don't want to waste my time and money if the GUZ customer service people aren't going to be able to tell me anything.

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