| Tuberculosis was supposed to be something that | | | | had contracted the TB virus. Fortunately, it was in |
| was gone, a thing of the past; history, just like polio. | | | | the dormant stage so she didn't need to be |
| But then something happened on the way to the | | | | quarantined. In the meantime, she had to begin a nine |
| United States. This terrible disease was brought back | | | | month regiment that consisted of vitamins, a special |
| to this country with a vengeance. While this article is | | | | pill for TB called Isoniazid, and a very strict diet of no |
| not meant to be a criticism of our immigration laws, it | | | | chocolate, cheese or meat. Basically, she can't have |
| is important to know why TB is the problem that it | | | | anything that is hard to digest. |
| has become before we can understand what can be | | | | Just recently, my wife had a D & C that showed |
| done about it. Much of what you are about to read is | | | | that the calcium was gone, so it appears that the |
| from my own experience. | | | | treatment and diet have been working. She still has |
| My wife works in the public school system in | | | | two more months on the pill and diet but then she'll |
| Irvington, NJ. She has been teaching there for over | | | | be fine. |
| 25 years. The school has many illegal aliens attending. | | | | We got lucky. Others have not been so lucky. |
| This is no secret. What is a secret, and a shock to | | | | If you haven't been tested for tuberculosis, please |
| many, is that some of these aliens have brought with | | | | get tested, especially if you work around a lot of |
| them, from their part of the world, the dreaded TB | | | | people who have come here from other countries. |
| virus. My wife found this out quite by surprise. | | | | Tuberculosis is a growing problem and unless we |
| Upon having a routine examination by her | | | | keep it under control by having regular checkups, |
| gynecologist, calcium was discovered. The doctor told | | | | getting tested and getting vaccinated to prevent |
| her that she should have a test for tuberculosis, just | | | | getting the disease, we are leaving ourselves open |
| to rule it out. Of course nobody thought that the | | | | for a world of hurt. |
| test would come back positive, but it did. My wife | | | | |