Mom’s fatal lung condition may have been caused by pollen

By Lauren Beavis

An NHS worker says her florist mom's fatal lung condition may have been caused by working with pollen .

Rosalynd Robertson, a diabetes specialist dietitian with NHS Lanarkshire, said her mother Kay was a florist for almost 20 years.

She says doctors believed her condition may have been triggered by a sensitivity to the pollen she breathed in at work.

Kay sadly passed away aged just 57 while she was waiting for a life-saving double lung transplant after being diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis – a condition that causes lung tissue damage.

A year on from Kay’s untimely death, Rosalynd is urging people to join the Organ Donor Register and tell their families about their wish to give the gift of a transplant.

“Our mom might still be with us if there had been more dono