Occupational Health - 50+ years later

I’m 70 years old and I have an occupational disease.  Being 70 years old with a disease is not that unusual, but what is unusual is that I was exposed to the disease causing agent over 50 years ago when I was just 17 years old. 

A culmination of serendipitous events that I will chronicle in this blog will tell about Chronic Beryllium Disease (CBD), its symptoms, causes and treatment from one who has it.  It is my hope that my experience may help others who may find themselves in this position now or in the future.  In all of my own research of the disease, I have not found any first-hand accounts of Chronic Beryllium Disease, also previously known as Berylliosis. 

I intend to change that -- this is my story…