12-year peritoneal mesothelioma survivor Susan Dickman says she was likely exposed to asbestos through secondary exposure from her father. “He would come home from work with the jumpsuit on,” Susan shares. “I remember him parking in the garage and my sister and I running up to hug him. He would pick us up with the jumpsuit on. Of course it had asbestos on it.”
Since her peritoneal mesothelioma diagnosis in 2014, Raeleen Minchuk Prokopetz is focused on staying active a decade later. “I go walking every day. I have two dogs that are more than 100 lbs. and they have to get out. I’m very active. A lot of people don’t even believe it when I tell them I’m a cancer patient,” Raeleen said.
After nearly a decade with mesothelioma, Raeleen is excited to share, "I'm a grandma now." It’s amazing!” Raeleen said. “I never thought I’d see my son graduate. But I have, and since then, my granddaughter was born. These are all things that I can put on my short list of what I wanted to accomplish.”
Carla shares how she was initially exposed to asbestos which later caused her pleural mesothelioma diagnosis. She also explains how important loved ones are during a mesothelioma journey.
Tom Roland remembers vividly his last checkup with mesothelioma treatment pioneer Dr. David Sugarbaker back in March, almost two years after his aggressive…
Peritoneal mesothelioma survivor Jayda K. didn’t take her increasing pain lying down. The Ottawa, Ontario, resident fought hard to get doctors to recognize…
In 2015, Karen Frantz learned she had peritoneal mesothelioma. She felt little emotion. "I'm already a survivor." The diagnosis didn’t faze her. “My whole life has been a dichotomy, if that’s the right word. I’ve had many traumas and hardships. But I’m so blessed.”
Ruth opted against the conventional treatments recommended upon her diagnosis of peritoneal mesothelioma in 1999, taking an alternative therapy approach instead. She found the Immune Augmentative Therapy Centre, now known as Quantum Immunotherapy, in Freeport, Bahamas, which focused on rebuilding her immune system. Ruth returned to Freeport annually for many years and now relies on vitamins, supplements and herbal formulas to stay healthy. “I think it was fortunate that we happen to hit on something that worked,” she said.
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