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Multiple Ground Glass Lung Nodules

Lung Health | Last Active: Sep 25 6:47pm | Replies (14)

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@hercules

Hi Irene,

Thank you for your reply. I think that sounds like a good idea too. I have been wondering if the nodules I have could possibly be something bacterial or fungal because to my knowledge, I have not been sick with any viral or respiratory illness in about a year. Not so much as a sniffle. I have been gardening all summer, working with soil and fertilizer and some other chemicals. The granule fertilizer I used on my shrubs a couple months ago was very stinky and fine dust like powder when I was spreading it. I know I inhaled quite a bit of that before I got wise and decided to put on an N95 mask. It smelled horrible to the point I couldn't stand it and I could still smell it well through the mask. Now I read on the bag that it has nitrogen, poultry manure, feather meal, bone meal, and colony forming units of the following species... bacillus licheniformis, bacillus megaterium, bacillus pupilas, bacillus subtitles, paenibacillus polymyxa. The fertilizer is called Epsom Organic Evergreen Tone. And on the bag it says 100% organic and safe for pets and humans. This is obviously way above my pay grade but I will take your suggestion to heart and start searching for an infectious disease dr. in my area. Thank you!

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@hercules I have learned in my 75 years on this earth that what is safe one year may not be safe the next. Lung cancer runs like water in my family so I am checked continually as I have serious infectious lung diseases and too many nodules to keep track of at this point. It is highly possible you picked up some lovely bacteria in the soil or from the organic fertilizer while gardening. Organic doesn’t necessary mean healthy. It just means free of certain things as far as the company is aware. We had a beloved black lab - not even 18 months old who drank run off water from fertilizer my husband used and got fibrosarcoma and died. We never pursued it, but the vet says most likely it was from that. That fertilizer company has had lawsuits. Other than seeing an ID doctor I suggest you wear an N95 mask or similar while gardening. Sometimes the only way to figure out definitively what is down there is with a biopsy. Aspergillosis was djscovered with mine. Another tidbit I have learned is you know your body - listen to it and its infinite wisdom! And advocate for yourself!! Blessings, irene5