When Susan from the ILD support group and I were talking about our diseases, she said something that gave me pause. She has a very stressful job and was dealing with a very stressful case before the interstitial lung disease invaded her body.
Hmmm. I first began the big job at the school in 2000. The doctors believe I acquired the disease late 2002 or early 2003. The job was stressful. Extremely stressful. Long hard hours.
Was that the tipping point? Was stress the pathway that opened my body up for the disease to take hold?
I would love to talk with others to see if stress was a factor for them, too.
Next time I speak with the researchers at the hospitals, I will mention the possible correlation.
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