Sue, the doctors statement to you.... "Stay away from peat moss".....,reminded me of another of my thoughts to myself, regading peat moss and the cleaning of leaves.
I posted earleir what I said to myself after cleaning out a bird house. I said: 'That was bad, you just breathed in dust.'"
Within the last several years before the doctor realized and apparently said to himself due to his ordering a C Scan: "Yes this woman does have a problem as she has been coming in and telling me for the last few years" (C Scan of 8/22 that found BE.), I said the same thing to myself after breathing in 'dust' while working with peat moss.
However, I also cleaned up leaves with a blower behind the Crape Myrtle tress in the early Spring of 2021 and thought afterwards: "You didn''t think to wear a Mask."
So there I was again in the landscape with dry decayed matter that probably had some really bad stuff in it. No mask. Sad that I knew it wasn't a good thing but didn't think of Masks any time before our concern with Covid and how a Mask would be best in doing all the garden tasks etc.....and of course at that time didn't know how dealing with certain garden/yard tasks are as serious to our health and well being nor did I know of BE......but.....in my heart of hearts I knew what happened, the breathing in of landscape material/particles and dust wasn't a good thing.
Masks and caution are so important....sometimes we take too much for granted when feeling good, strong and healthy. Now I wear a mask most of the time I am out in public to avoid all other types of nasty health problems and as well wear a mask when needed when working in the landscape. Another learning....learned too late...BE etc. etc.