I guess I am pretty much right there with you . Life time of exposure is the dust in a tie stall dairy barn has damaged my lungs. And I baled hay on open tractors, and swathed grain on open swathers, handled grain, ground feed, feed chop to cows and hogs. In my late 50s I developed a wheeze and sometimes had trouble breathing. Doctor sent me to a breathing lab, they determined the level of damage to my lungs made me about the same lung capacity as someone with Asthma. I have trouble exhaling, and discharging crap out of my lung in the morning. I was given an inhaler to doalate the passages in my lungs, and allow me to cough out stuff. So I wear a mask now when I will be in a dusty environment. And I have just mostly stopped doing things that used to put me at risk. Always wear a mask if I swath grain, use a cab tractor doing dusty field operations and I dont have the dairy herd anymore so very little time inside the barn. I never wheeze anymore as long as I use my inhaler first thing in the morning, and never short of breath. Doctor told me I have permanent damage but it is manageable. I wear masks now, never gave it a thought before, just like you. I didnt see any risk, because my dad never had a mask, but he also never had as many cows to milk or hay to bale or feed, just had less exposure. I wish Id been smarter
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