Notes from SPAIN

"God will pay you with happinies." - Malaga, Spain

April 15, 1999

JUAN JESUS MORENO LEIVA wrote( 08 Apr 1999):

DEAR ROGER:

FIRST OF ALL: CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WEB. IT IS VERY HELPFULL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FROM ALL THE MESOTHELIOMA PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

IT IS VERY GOOD THAT EVERYONE AROUND THE WORLD CAN READ ABOUT THIS RARE DESEASE (ILLNESS) ON YOUR WEB.

MY NAME IS JUAN MORENO AND I´M WRITTING FROM MALAGA (SPAIN). SORRY, BUT I CAN NOT WRITTE GOOD ENGLISH. MY MOTHER HAVE EPITHELIAL MESOTHELIOMA (3 DIFFERENT PATHOLOGS CONFIRM IT).

I JUST WONDER IF YOU CAN HELP ME TO FIND A DOCTOR TO TRY TO GIVE MORE TIME TO MY MOTHER (SHE IS 57 YEARS OLD).

PLEASE, CAN YOU ADVISE ME SOME DIFFERENT DOCTORS??? (THE BEST YOU KNOW)

ALL THE DOCTORS I´M ASKING TO HERE IN SPAIN, ADVISE ME TO GO HOME AND WAIT FOR THE END. THEY ARE VERY CRUEL. NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT MESOTHELIOMA HERE IN SPAIN.

SO, THAT IS WHY I´M TRYING TO GET IN CONTACT WITH YOU.

DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO CAN SPEAK SPANISH??? IT´S VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO SAY SOME THINGS IN ENGLISH.

DO YOU KNOW ANY DOCTOR IN SPAIN WHO CAN HELP ME WITH MY MOTHER´S PROBLEM???

AFTER TO READ SOME OF YOUR REPORTS, I GOT CLEAR THAT THE BEST THREATMENT FOR MESOTHELIOMA IS THE EPP (EXTRA PLEURAL PNEUMONECTOMIA). ISN´T IT?

CAN YOU PLEASE ADVISE ME ABOUT WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP HER??? (WE ARE DESPERATE).

PLEASE, ANSWER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!!!

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DEAR ROGER:

I JUST WHANT TO SAY THANK-YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP (YOU WHERE VERY QUIKLY).THANK-YOU VERY MUCH ENDEED. I GOT MORE NEWS YESTERDAY ABOUT ONE DOCTOR IN CORDOBA (SPAIN) WHO IS DOING THE TRIMODAL THERAPY HERE IN SPAIN (THANK GOD). HE IS WORKING FOR THE "SOCIAL SEGURITY" (SEGURIDAD SOCIAL, THE SPANISH FREE HEALTH SERVICE). HE FOLLOW THE DOCTOR SUGARBAKER TREATMENT. HE KNOWS ABOUT IT. I CONTACTED HIM YESTERDAY AND HE GAVE US AN APPOINTMENT FOR NEXT MONDAY, 12 OF APRIL/99. IF YOU WANT, I WILL TELL YOU HOW IT WENT THE INTERVIEW.

ONCE AGAIN, THANK-YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE HELP YOU ARE OFFERING TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THIS TERRIBLE ILLNESS: MESOTHELIOMA.

GOD WILL PAY YOU WITH THE HAPPINESS.
REGARDS...
JUAN MORENO FROM MALAGA, SPAIN