On Fri, 08 May 2009 21:16:43 -0700, sf > wrote:

>I wasn't thinking about VA benefits. I just wanted to know if he was
>symptom free all that time. I know someone who had a late stage of TB
>in his teenage years. I know someone who has been symptom free (clear
>lungs on an xray) for over 40 years and I was curious.

Oh, I tend to have VA benefits on the brain at times. I come from an
area where TB was very common until 1960 or so, mostly but not all due
to dairy farming. I know several people who have been completely
healthy and symptom free snce the 1940s or 1950s. If you were in good
health and received decent treatment, it's not that uncommon to remain
healthy.

Working in Northern Ontario, I met dozens of people, some who had
quite advanced TB who were functioning completely normally.

nj"still doesn't want it"m






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