Gene Hartline was diagnosed with sarcomatoid mesothelioma in 2016. He received chemo before he began the immunotherapy drug Opdivo. “They say now the cancer is in remission. I feel like 100 percent better than I did before,” Hartline said. “I almost feel like I got my life back. Who knows how long this will last, but I’m not going to sit here and let the grass grow under my feet.”
Four years after his pleural mesothelioma diagnosis, Chris Gibney started building the home he always wanted. That’s confidence. This month — 12 years…
Last month, pleural mesothelioma survivor Al Moylan left home one afternoon on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle, joining family and friends for the 120-mile, back…
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,…
Pleural mesothelioma survivor Jack Riordan sounds a lot more worried about those around him — his caregiver wife, children, grandchildren and other patients — than he…
A smile sweeps across Patricia Powell Hargrett's face. She's just been asked about her 25-year career teaching elementary school children.
"I miss the children so much. But I don't miss the…
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