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    Stories from Survivors

    Life After Mesothelioma Cancer: A Survivor Shares Her Story

    When I was first told I had peritoneal mesothelioma, I pictured the day when I would be cancer free. I’m not sure if…
    Tamron Little
    04/22/2021
  • Charles and Sharon Wood
    Stories from Survivors

    Pleural Mesothelioma Survivor Takes Cancer Journey in Stride

    Charles Wood wasn’t about to just sit back and accept the often overwhelming, gloom-and-doom diagnosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma. Not after spending a…
    Tim Povtak
    04/14/2021
  • Emily Ward is a 7-year mesothelioma survivor
    Stories from Survivors

    Mesothelioma Survivor Shares Opdivo and Yervoy Results

    Late last year, I began a new treatment at a new facility. The medications were Opdivo and Yervoy, an immunotherapy combination recently approved…
    Emily Ward
    04/13/2021
  • Tamron Little, mesothelioma survivor and an Asbestos.com expert contributor
    Stories from Survivors

    Impact of Being an Atypical Mesothelioma Patient

    Can you picture something for a second? Dive into your imagination and pretend you’re a medical student. You’ve been studying different types of rare…
    Tamron Little
    04/01/2021
  • Michael Bederman
    Stories from Survivors

    Mesothelioma Survivor Thriving With Support, Positive Attitude

    Two weeks before undergoing aggressive, life-changing surgery for mesothelioma, Michael Bederman was driving a rented motor home more than 1,000 miles through Alaska,…
    Tim Povtak
    03/18/2021
  • Emily Ward
    Stories from Survivors

    Mesothelioma Survivor Shares COVID-19 Vaccine Experience

    Not too long ago, I started a new regimen of immunotherapy for mesothelioma. Juggling cancer treatment in the middle of a pandemic is no easy…
    Emily Ward
    02/19/2021
  • Survivor Jim Dykstra
    Stories from Survivors

    Mesothelioma Survivor Turns Setbacks into Comebacks

    Jim Dykstra has good reason – a lot of good reasons – to fall into the woe-is-me, gloom-and-doom trap that often engulfs those diagnosed…
    Tim Povtak
    01/27/2021
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    Stories from Survivors

    Survivor Begins Opdivo and Yervoy Treatment for Mesothelioma

    I’m excited to start my journey with this new Opdivo-Yervoy mesothelioma treatment. Whether my cancer responds to the new immunotherapy remains to be seen. The first scan will be three months after I started treatment. Either way, I’m in good hands with a new health care team that’s willing to fight as hard as I am.
    Emily Ward
    01/19/2021
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    Stories from Survivors

    Connecting with Other Mesothelioma Survivors Brings Benefits

    If there was anything I would do differently following my peritoneal mesothelioma diagnosis 13 years ago, it would be to connect with other mesothelioma survivors…
    Tamron Little
    01/06/2021
  • Jim and Kathy Huff with their white Tesla
    Stories from Survivors

    Mesothelioma Survivor’s Continued Quest for Speed

    Mesothelioma survivor Jim Huff has taken his bucket list to another level, resuming his lifelong passion for speed. Cancer remission never felt like this…
    Tim Povtak
    11/18/2020
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