Stories from Survivors – Page 16
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Stories from SurvivorsSallie Morton has been known for years as the “Party Girl” at California’s The Terraces of Los Gatos retirement community, and she uses any…
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Mesothelioma Survivor Participates in Australian Clinical Trial
Mike T. is not a man to take things lying down. Diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma in Oct. 2011, he takes the disease in… -
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Mesothelioma Cancer Survivor Celebrates Gift of Life at Disney
Frank S. celebrated his three-year survival mark by taking all six grandchildren and their parents to Walt Disney World last month, providing a weekend… -
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Mesothelioma Survivor Is Still Pushing Himself to the Limit
Pete K. traveled back to his high school days, as a serious wrestler and football player, in explaining how he has fought off the… -
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Five-Year Mesothelioma Survivor Is Still Climbing
Kathy Angerman stopped climbing the 12-foot ladder to clean the cathedral ceilings at home because her grown children kept insisting it was getting too… -
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Mesothelioma Survivor Crosses Country for Motorcycle Rally
Survivor Rolando L. punched pleural mesothelioma in the face. After finishing his chemotherapy, surgery and radiation treatment in July, Rolando defiantly celebrated in… -
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Painting Helps Mesothelioma Survivor Focus on Living
Mesothelioma survivor and U.S. Navy veteran Peter L. has good reason to feel discouragement today. He has an even better reason to keep fighting… -
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Mesothelioma Survivor Fought Disease, Overcame His Fears
Mesothelioma survivor John Owens still remembers driving himself to the hospital in the predawn darkness for the life-changing surgery that removed his left lung,… -
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Mesothelioma Survivor Remains Strong 10 Years After Diagnosis
Virginia Beach spent four years researching and writing hundreds of pages of family history. She began her memoirs with her ancestors’ voyage to America… -
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Mesothelioma Survivor Juggles Business, Family and Her Sanity
It’s been nine months since I last wrote about my experiences as a mesothelioma survivor and small-business owner in Baton Rouge — and…