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lark

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1. My mother died from her lungs being destroyed by atypical TB.

Reply to cbabe (Original post)

Mon May 19, 2025, 01:59 PM

May 19

It was in the aveoli not the lungs itself so got missed for 9 months. She died from chronic pulmonary fibrosis because of this. It was weird that none of us got it from her.

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My mother died from her lungs being destroyed by atypical TB. lark May 19 #1