Posts Categorized In: Mesothelioma Exposure

To some extent, the difference between a chronic disease and an incurable disease is a matter of perspective. Oncologists’ offices sometimes ask patients to ring a bell to celebrate their last chemotherapy session or a cancer-free test result. Doctors counsel patients not to focus too much on cures and especially not to put their trust… Read More

Even though symptoms of malignant mesothelioma usually do not occur until decades after the person was exposed to asbestos, it is usually easy to identify where and how the asbestos exposure occurred. A disproportionate number of mesothelioma diagnoses occur in people who were exposed to asbestos dust in the context of their work in the… Read More

The five-year survival rate has been increasing for many types of cancers, and cancer deaths are much lower in the United States and other highly industrialized countries than they were 30 years ago. Despite this, mesothelioma is one of the most difficult cancers to treat because it rarely shows symptoms until it has reached an… Read More

Healthcare is so expensive that some people spend years paying off bills from accidents and illnesses from which they have long since made a full recovery, but chronic illnesses, from which the patient is never truly cured, are even more financially devastating. With a chronic illness, you can have good days and bad days, and… Read More

Today’s world hardly gives anyone a chance to rest. Employers expect you to respond to work emails 24/7, and universities award the most generous scholarships to students who not only spend long hours studying but also participate in multiple extracurricular activities. In the rare event that you find time to rest, your phone sends you… Read More

Whoever said that the cure is as bad as the disease was probably referring to cancer. The day that your doctor told you that your cancer was in remission was probably one of the happiest days of your life, but the path to becoming cancer-free was not an easy one. If you underwent surgery and… Read More

Even if you catch it at an early stage, a cancer diagnosis changes your life forever. You look forward to being cancer-free; some cancer centers even celebrate this moment by having patients ring a bell when they finish their last treatment session. Of course, being in remission only means that you are cancer-free so far;… Read More

Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer, but in about 80% of cases, it is possible to clearly identify occupational exposure to asbestos dust as the cause of the mesothelioma. Most mesothelioma cases occur in people who have worked in industries such as construction and building renovation, mining, and shipbuilding or in their family members… Read More

By now, most adults have figured out that nothing good can come from Googling your symptoms. Most serious illnesses cannot be diagnosed by symptoms alone; a diagnosis requires blood tests or other medical procedures to find out what is causing the symptoms. Mesothelioma is one of those diseases that is complicated to diagnose. The chances… Read More