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How Do You Help Caregivers of Mesothelioma Patients?

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Amy Pelegrin

Amy Pelegrin, Hospice Care Director at Asbestos.com, shares how she supports mesothelioma caregivers.

I help caregivers. Right now, I'm working with one, like, I joke around and say we're on each other's speed dial. But she knows she can text me, call me at any time. Sometimes I feel that they are the ones left in in the back. They're trying to be there for their significant others or for their mothers or daughters or husbands or whatever it is, and they themselves are trying to process deal with what's going on, and their grief is overwhelming for them. You know, we do have support groups for them, but me personally, I'm always just an ear, to listen, to let them cry, to let them yell, whatever they need to do, get it off their plate so they don't have to take it home with