I'm a 63-year-old male that was diagnosed with interstitial pulmonary fibrosis after a toxic inhalation accident and carbon monoxide poisoning in Alaska while at work. It took almost eight months before that determination was made and still with this COVID problem we still don't know were its all going to go. But all I can do is wait which I find to be the hardest to do. After a 57 page toxicology report that basically says "yep that's what happened" we don't have any answers as to why the chemicals did what they did. I got a letter that told me to go and get SSID because no one is at fault and that things just happen. What can you do but keep your chin up and make everyday count.
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