Carruss - sorry to hear about your experience. I have several observations to make to defend the profession but here is not the time or place!! I hope everything goes well with your next CXR and medical - best of luck!
Paul - sorry to hear your news. But I'm glad it's been picked up and hasn't affected you in terms of symptoms (I understood this was picked up on your immigration CXR but perhaps I'm wrong - sorry if I am). There are different types of sarcoidosis. Some do just get better seemingly of their own accord and it appears from your post that your specialist thinks this is the case with you which is great news. I suppose the slightly tricky thing is predicting how long it will take to get better - otherwise you could just plan to have the medical when it was!!.
I guess at this very moment in time, the panel doctor would have to put you in category B for now (don't forget that people are sometimes given visas with category B meds - it just means they will make a further buttessment of the information and likely cost implcations in Australia).
I think it will become clearer with time and results of tests what's going to happen and if this is benign sarcoidosis. If so and if your consultant can write a letter saying what he thinks it is and that it will resolve of its own accord without treatment then maybe they would still grant it? Or maybe they would only grant it when it has got better. I really don't know.
I know they refuse people with medical conditions where it will cost the Aussie govt a lot to treat, or if it will use scarce resources (eg transplant) but I don't know if they refuse a newly diagnosed condition when you're not 100% sure what's going to happen to it.
When you say "doc says nothing to worry about" which doc do you mean? One option might be to ask the panel doctor what they think your chances are in their experience, but just to warn you they may not know! (they do the medicals but don't make the decisions as I'm sure you know
Aged Parent Visa Sender: welshtonyHi Michael The old Parent Visa is not really worth considering as it has a waiting list of many years so it is unlikely your mother would ever be granted...
One option is just to sit tight for the next couple of weeks while tests etc come back and then if it all looks like it's going to be fine and you don't need follow up - ask the consultant to write you a letter saying so (or ask for a copy of the letter he-she sends to your GP) to take to the panel doc and that I hope would be ok!
So I'm sorry I haven't been able to answer your question but hopefully a few ideas and thoughts of use to you. This is obviously not intended as any form of medical advice but just a friendly few words which I hope will help!
Best of luck to you with it all Paul.
Madhu (a GP!)
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