"RichardS" wrote in message
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Missing lungs don't necessarily disable one.

Our champion hill climber in the cycling club only had one lung.


My paternal grandmother is a healthy 80-something year old. My dad told
me some of her story a while ago.

She apparently contracted TB in the 40s or 50s and as part of the whole
ordeal contracted pneumonia (I think) and suffered a collapsed lung. TB
sorted out, out of isolation or whatever TB unit it was at the time,
waiting (rather impatiently) in bed for the completely defunct lung to be
removed. My grandfather - long deceased now, never met him - then came
down with some dreadful disease contracted from working with pigs, now
completely unable to look after the 4 or 5 children that they had by that
time.

So she just got up, packed her things and discharged herself. Went on and
had another 5 kids and to this day she still has only use of one lung.

Yorkshire folk - tough as old boots!

Quite.

Our fellow cyclist had also suffered TB as a child - in the 40s. He was also
a Tyke, as we are.

Mary


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