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PoindexterOglethorpe

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4. My mother was diagnosed with Valley Fever, encapsulated,

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Aug 19, 2025, 11:10 PM

Aug 19

meaning (if I have this correctly) she had lumps in her lung (and only one lung) which were Valley Fever. About a third or more of one lung was removed and she lived to age 82, some three decades later. Before this she smoked, and she stopped immediately with this. Good for her.

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'They're not going to live normally': A devastating disease has surged in Calif. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Aug 19 OP

Valley Fever Maninacan Aug 19 #1

I have an old friend who has part of his lung scarred from having it when young... Hekate Aug 19 #3

A lot of doctors from other parts of the country StarryNite Aug 20 #6

That makes sense. I wasn't sure exactly what that poster was trying to convey. Hekate Aug 20 #9

This is a horrible disease for some people and dogs too. StarryNite Aug 19 #2

My mother was diagnosed with Valley Fever, encapsulated, PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 19 #4

This strikes me as the future jfz9580m Aug 19 #5

For decades after reading The Sheep Look Up, I found the daily headlines seemed to be drawn from the book OKIsItJustMe Aug 20 #7

Thanks OkItsJustMe jfz9580m Aug 20 #8

John Brunner OKIsItJustMe Aug 20 #10

Thanks jfz9580m Aug 20 #11

Thank You! OKIsItJustMe Aug 20 #12

Ouch jfz9580m Aug 21 #13

Infant mortality rates OKIsItJustMe Aug 21 #14

That's all too vague imo jfz9580m Aug 22 #15

OK, there's a lot there, much of which I followed and generally agree with OKIsItJustMe Aug 22 #16

Well we'll have to agree to disagree -I don't see it as an either or jfz9580m Aug 22 #17

I don't think we really disagree on all that much OKIsItJustMe Aug 22 #18

I agree with that jfz9580m Aug 22 #19