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What safe hobbies can I do while having NTM/MAC?
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@cheb What? Who told you no cooking? If you are afraid of NTM from the steam, Dr Joe Falkinham has tested steam from boiling pots and found none. I can't figure what the other risks might be?
As for gardening- prudent precautions are the word. Touching NTM will not infect you. Wet soil before handling or digging to minimize dust. Turn dusty tasks like dumping soil or mulch over to a helper or wear a mask. Leave garden shoes outside or at the door (good advice for all the crud dirty shoes bring in.) I have gardened extensively for 8+ years with bronchiectasis and formerly MAC without getting reinfected. Similar dust precautions with house plants and I water carefully without splashing.
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@sueinmn Thank you!! I have worn a mask while cooking and it's miserable. I'll stop doing that. When I do garden tasks outside. which isn't very often anymore, I wear a mask. I have been doing my own indoor seed-starting for years, but very sadly, I'm giving it up. This will be the first winter I'm not doing it. As far as potting/repotting houseplants, I would need someone else to do that for me. I moved away from my family and friends 3 yrs ago, to be closer to my granddaughter. I don't know anyone well enough to ask them to help me with that, except my daughter. She is SO busy I hesitate to ask her. Thanks for the advice!
@sueinmn What kind of a mask do you wear while gardening, and where do you get them?
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@sueinmn thank you! I was unclear on house plants. I have just 4 but was thinking I needed to get rid of them.