Mesothelioma Survivor Tamron Little Shares Her Story

[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING] I'm Tamron Little. I am from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. I am a wife to a veteran of 13 years and counting and a mom of four. I have two boys and two girls. When I was first diagnosed when I was pregnant, I was told I had a fibroid tumor. And even after my pregnancy, I was still told I had a fibroid tumor. And asking women in my family, because fibroid tumors run in my family, they're like, oh, it's fine. You're going to be OK. So I really didn't think too much of it. But when I was told that I had cancer, it was a shocker. The doctor came in and I remember it like it was yesterday. And he said, you have cancer. Mesothelioma, to be exact. It really didn't register because I was just like in the Twilight Zone. And everybody was moving around me and all of these emotions were going on. And I was just-- felt like I was kind of stuck just-- wow. Oh my gosh. And they were coming in and telling me, people don't survive much with this. And they was just giving me all this. And I'm just like, I haven't even heard of mesothelioma. First of all, what is mesothelioma? I met Dr. Levine and he is a specialist in mesothelioma. He told me about a surgery and it's called the HIPEC surgery, which he was very confident in. Since the HIPEC procedure, I have not had any cancer recurrences. So I'm a 13 year and counting survivor. You can survive and have a thriving life after mesothelioma. Asbestos.com is a great resource because I didn't have hardly anything when I was first diagnosed. I had to go to different places to find out information that just made me even more fearful. But being able to go to one place, Asbestos.com, and get everything that you need in one place is great. I mean, I would recommend it for anybody. [PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]