[Jan Grenz]

Hi Charlene, Salut Jean-Michel,

thank you so much for your caring and helpful answers! We live near Bern, that is very close to the “Rösti border” (the line dividing French- and German-speaking Switzerland). Unfortunately, my wife does not speak French… c’est dommage.

Concerning the differential diagnosis of sarcoidosis vs. HP and IPF, there is a parameter among the results of the broncho-alveolar lavage that is used for that. Sorry, I do not remember what it is called, but it apparently allows a clear distinction between the diseases (so the doctor said). Then again, sarcoidosis is another one of those “diseases with a thousand faces”, and apparently hard to deal with as well.

Jean-Michel, thank you for your advice on exercise. Doing exercise together, and putting e.g. physiotherapy first in the calendar, rather than squeezing it into a niche left by other activities, sounds like two excellent ideas.

Best regards, et meilleures salutations de Berne,

Jan