The Mesothelioma Center Blog – Page 30
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Awareness & ResearchIn an age where most cars on the road are indistinguishable from each other, it is not surprising that some Australians seek to own…
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Awareness & Research
Children and Asbestos: What Every Parent Needs to Know
In an age when almost anything seems possible, it’s mind-boggling that we can’t find a solution to the problem of asbestos in our environment. -
Treatment & Doctors
Keytruda for Mesothelioma: My Firsthand Experience
I started taking Keytruda April 23. It was plan B after my second mesothelioma recurrence and a bad experience with my third round… -
Awareness & Research
10 Shocking GIFs of Workplace Asbestos Exposure
Imagine working in a cloud of toxic mineral fibers that can lodge in your lung tissue permanently. It doesn’t cause any immediate symptoms, so… -
Cancer & Caregiving
Dealing with Mesothelioma Recurrence: Pick Up and Move On
When I first met my medical oncologist, Dr. David Jackman, he told me my mesothelioma would never fully go away. It was always… -
Awareness & Research
Meet the Group with Highest Mesothelioma Mortality Rate in the World
The Karijini National Park in Western Australia is a natural wonder. Sprawled over 193,000 square miles of the Hamersley Range deep in the… -
Cancer & Caregiving
Outliving Friends and Family as a Mesothelioma Survivor
When I was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2012, I never imagined I would outlive Dr. David Sugarbaker, the surgeon who gave me a… -
Occupational Asbestos Exposure
Mesothelioma Survivor Relishes Hosting Family Gatherings
In 2015, malignant pleural mesothelioma interrupted the 57-year Thanksgiving Day family tradition that Marian Levin loved so much. It broke her heart, but it… -
Pleural Mesothelioma
My Trip of Gratitude to Italy After Surviving Mesothelioma
Twenty-two years ago, I saw the doctor’s mouth moving but couldn’t hear anything after he said the words, “I’m sorry.” I was being diagnosed… -
Cancer & Caregiving
Know Your Audience: Talking to Others About a Mesothelioma Diagnosis
I live in a small town in Maine. I’ve come to find there’s two kinds of people here: Those who mind their own business…