Duckfarmerpa1
Herd Master
Sooo, not sure how long it’s been since I’ve been on here…at least 3-4 years? Our farm exploded, which was good, but the learning curve was steep and we were working wayyy too many hours..as I’m sure you can all relate.
a few years ago, I was leaving one of the barns, we now have 6….they are convert semi trailers…(ugly as sin
) but at the back 1/2 so no one sees them.
we tried to do as much by the book as we could and learned..even had huge exhaust ventilation fans installed to make sure we were doing harm to our dudes, or ourselves. By now the farm had grown to
…and not in small numbers at all. Plus chris way haying and growing crops. One year he had almost 4,000 pumpkins 
anyways…
a few years back, I was leaving the one barn, started coughing and passed out , feel straight on my face, and broke my front tooth…at the time we were told it was just possiblly the start of bronchitis?
fast forward…nothing is improving, the cough is constant, to where I’m having fits all the time.
I’ll make this story, which could be very long and…gross..rather short. It turns out I had developed aspergillosis of my lungs from farming. Not quite farmers lung..but I’m left with chronic bronchitis, stage 2 COPD, empazema and broncheostasis. Needless to say, this tore out our hearts. All the drs said I had to stop farming. Well, I couldn’t hear it, and at the time all 6 barns were full, plus chicke coops, etc. this last year has been a struggle to say the least….I have finally given in to the fact that I can’t partake in farming activities…the fumes fro diesel, the dust and dirt…let’s say, everything made me test positive for lupus too…although I don’t believe I have it.
I suppose the reason I’m writing this…a few years ago, when I had my first episode, I should have masked up then. So, if my tale helps anyone to keep themselves protected…then it’s worth it.
chris will continue to farm, although mostly pigs and cattle for our bellies and orders. He also put up a 72’ greenhouse, so he’s very excited about the possibility it holds.
im returning to my painting..and fired the cleaning lady
. Don’t need he4 anymore now that I have time.
i exercise a lot but, we still need to find my next phase. We’re not in a rush…I guess?
if anyone has questions about how my lungs got so bad..I’m glad to tell what I know…but, I’m told it’s far more common than ppl realize
a few years ago, I was leaving one of the barns, we now have 6….they are convert semi trailers…(ugly as sin
) but at the back 1/2 so no one sees them.we tried to do as much by the book as we could and learned..even had huge exhaust ventilation fans installed to make sure we were doing harm to our dudes, or ourselves. By now the farm had grown to
…and not in small numbers at all. Plus chris way haying and growing crops. One year he had almost 4,000 pumpkins anyways…
a few years back, I was leaving the one barn, started coughing and passed out , feel straight on my face, and broke my front tooth…at the time we were told it was just possiblly the start of bronchitis?
fast forward…nothing is improving, the cough is constant, to where I’m having fits all the time.
I’ll make this story, which could be very long and…gross..rather short. It turns out I had developed aspergillosis of my lungs from farming. Not quite farmers lung..but I’m left with chronic bronchitis, stage 2 COPD, empazema and broncheostasis. Needless to say, this tore out our hearts. All the drs said I had to stop farming. Well, I couldn’t hear it, and at the time all 6 barns were full, plus chicke coops, etc. this last year has been a struggle to say the least….I have finally given in to the fact that I can’t partake in farming activities…the fumes fro diesel, the dust and dirt…let’s say, everything made me test positive for lupus too…although I don’t believe I have it.
I suppose the reason I’m writing this…a few years ago, when I had my first episode, I should have masked up then. So, if my tale helps anyone to keep themselves protected…then it’s worth it.
chris will continue to farm, although mostly pigs and cattle for our bellies and orders. He also put up a 72’ greenhouse, so he’s very excited about the possibility it holds.
im returning to my painting..and fired the cleaning lady
. Don’t need he4 anymore now that I have time.i exercise a lot but, we still need to find my next phase. We’re not in a rush…I guess?
if anyone has questions about how my lungs got so bad..I’m glad to tell what I know…but, I’m told it’s far more common than ppl realize
. They're pretty important! Hope you can find some relief.
Which, of course, is only slightly better than doing nothing... maybe worse because of the deep gasp when I'm out of air but not out of dust.....
. But I'm using it now esp when I had to keep cleaning the filter on the shredder A LOT.
