When I tell people I battled mesothelioma and lived to tell about it, they often ask: Oh, is that the disease they have commercials for…
The diagnosis Julie went to the 2006 International Symposium on Malignant Mesothelioma with her neighbor who is a medical doctor. She needed someone with her…
When John Lewis and his wife saw a post about the Foundation’s Travel Grant Program (a program providing financial assistance for travel for mesothelioma treatment)…
Steve W. is a 58-year-old husband and father of three who was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma in June 2018. Following his diagnosis, Steve and his…
On November 25, 2018, Sherrie Moore celebrated her 10-year anniversary of surviving mesothelioma. Five days later, she also turned 62 — something a decade ago…
Meet Jessica: mother, wife, daughter and mesothelioma warrior. Jessica was diagnosed with peritoneal mesothelioma in June 2015. As to be expected, her reaction was a…
My name is Rebecca Matthias, and I’m 39 years old. Six years ago, I thought I had a bladder infection. I went in to see…
BY JESSICA BLACKFORD-CLEETON A large number of warriors diagnosed with mesothelioma are over the age of 65, but there are several cases of diagnosis in…
BY IVANA MIHAJLOVIC Soon after my 30th birthday, in the late summer of 2009, I started having lower abdominal pain. People told me that my…
Kendra Ferreira is a fine artist living in Portsmouth, RI. Though busy, life seemed to be going fairly smoothly for Kendra, her husband Paul and…