Personal Profiles: Courage, Grit, Gratitude

Patient Treatment History Profiles Last Updated October 2, 2008

     

  • Against the Odds: Given Just Months to Live, Ragland Man Gets Hope for Future from New Chemotherapy Treatment. Ragland, AL (4/2/05)
  • 58 Year Old with Mesothelioma Determined to Live for Beloved Wife and Children. Bridgeport, AL (2/12/02)
  • 71 Year Old Retired Businessman Sees Life and Marriage After Mesothelioma. Birmingham, AL (1/21/02)

  • Avid Outdoorsman Partners Up with Dr. Vallieres to Battle His Mesthelioma. Ketchikan, AK (8/11/05)
  • Charles Talbert "Taking Charge" 67 Years Old. Anchorage, AK

  • Marty and Lois Schwarting: The Power of Two Warriors. Gilbert, AZ (10/23/07)
  • "Don't Give Up!" -- Words of Wisdom from 68 Year Old MM Survivor Jerry Sheehy. Prescott, AZ (9/20/00)
  • Malignant Mesothelioma Cannot Keep a Good Man Down. Tuscon, AZ (8/2/00)
  • After Losing Leg Because of Mesothelioma, 68 Year-Old Navy Veteran Gaining Strength With Lovastatin. Prescott, AZ (3/29/00)
  • 56 Year Old Forensic Scientist Blazes Own Trail Towards a Cure. Mesa, AZ (6/23/99)
  • After Nine Weeks of Hospitals, Surgeries, Chemo, Radiation and Airlifts, Ex-Marine Back on His Feet. Pima, AZ (6/17/99)
  • 33 Year old Mother With Peritoneal Mesothelioma Air Lifted to Dr. Taub in NYC. Phoenix, AZ
  • Marathon Man Prepares for the Race of His Life. Prescott Valley, AZ

  • mesothelioma asbestos Answered Prayers: California Pastor Embraces Innovative Treatment with Dr. Chawla and Dr. Cameron to Tame Aggressive Biphasic Mesothelioma. Los Angeles, CA (11/20/08)
  • mesothelioma asbestos Buyer Beware: What the Asbestos Companies Don’t Tell You Could Hurt You. How Patricia Crawford’s Mesothelioma Was Traced Back to her Use of Joint Compounds 30-40 years ago. Los Angeles, CA (11/20/08)
  • mesothelioma asbestos Ambushed by Asbestos. Marina Del Ray, CA (11/10/08)
  • mesothelioma asbestos California Cyclist Teams with Dr. Cameron to Push Back Against Mesothelioma. La Crescenta, CA (10/14/08)
  • Bob Thacker, Esq.1949-2008 -- in Memoriam. Carson, CA (5/21/08)
  • 52 Year-Old Car Salesman and Son of a Union Ironworker Thriving After Pleurectomy with Dr. David Jablons. Sacramento, CA (4/15/08)
  • California Soccer Mom in Tough Match with Meso. Mission Viejo, CA (4/7/08)
  • Lifelong Footballer Refuses to let mesothelioma Score. Diamond Bar, CA (3/7/08)
  • 75 Year-old Retired Business Owner Does Not Let Mesothelioma Keep Him From Traveling The Globe. Oxnard, CA (11/15/07)
  • "American Dream" Success Story Bequeathes Legacy of Hope (11/05/07)
  • John McNamara, Titan: 4/27/1946 - 10/8/2007 (10/08/07)
  • Standing Strong Against Mesothelioma: California Water Works Contractor and Dr. Cameron Team Up to Remove Deadly mesothelioma Tumor. Colfax, CA (10/08/07)
  • Harley Rider and Family Man Motors Away from Mesothelioma. Simi Valley, CA (9/18/07)
  • 57 Year-Old Energetic Mother Fought Mesothelioma. Aliso Viejo, CA (4/18/07)
  • 77 Year-Old Real Estate Executive Overcomes Insurance Setbacks to Obtain Second Opinion and Surgery. Los Angeles, CA (2/16/07)
  • 52 Year-Old Woman Diagnosed with both Pleural and Peritoneal Mesothelioma Seeks Dr. Robert Taub. South Lake Tahoe, CA (1/30/07)
  • 71 Year-Old Clinical Psychologist Tries to Hold on to Hope, Relies on His Family's Dedication. Ventura ,CA (1/11/07)
  • 59-Year-Old Crane Operator and Former Body Builder Does Heavy Lifting to Beat Mesothelioma for the Many Women in His Life. Chatsworth, CA (11/27/06)
  • 74 Year-old Machinist, Avid Biker Takes Detour to Battle Mesothelioma, Aims to Get Back on the Bike. Huntington Beach, CA (9/6/06)
  • Surfer, Wrestler, Entrepreneur, Father and Loving Husband Would Trade Olympic Gold Medal in a Heartbeat For Asbestos Tumor Free Lungs. The Terry McCann Story. Dana Point, CA (11/15/05)
  • 63-Year Old "Macho Italian" Battling Peritoneal Mesothelioma and Beating the Odds. Garden Grove, CA (4/4/05)
  • 76-Year Old Contractor Builds His Treatment Plan with the Help of Dr. Robert Cameron. La Crescenta, CA (6/29/04)
  • Boyishly Exuberant 73 Year-Old Jack La Laine Disciple Vows to Return to the Weight Room. Huntington Beach, CA (10/29/03)
  • 67 Year-Old Retired Salesman Chooses Life-Extending Surgery with Dr. Robert Cameron and Radiation in Fight Against Mesothelioma. Newbury Park, CA (6/10/03)
  • Mesothelioma Shatters American Dream of 63 Year-Old Guatemala Native and Auto Mechanic, Who Fights Back With Alimta. Los Angeles, CA (5/6/03)
  • 65 Year-Old Retired Electrician and Contractor Diagnosed With Mesothelioma Chooses Surgery With Dr. Cameron Over Despair. Paso Robles, CA (4/21/03)
  • 57 Year-Old Title Officer, Wife and Mother Confronts Curse of Father's Clothes. San Luis Obispo, CA (2/6/03)
  • 64 Year-Old Former United Nations Agent and Founder of Christian Charity Faces the Ultimate Oppressor. Long Beach, CA (9/12/02)
  • 58 Year-Old Golf Enthusiast Finds Unexpected Hazard, Shoots for Recovery. Calabasas, CA (8/27/02)
  • Mesothelioma Disrupts Carefully Planned, Beautiful Lives of 60 Year-Old Fitness Disciple and Wife. Rancho Mirage, CA (7/18/02)
  • Mesothelioma Curtails Dreams; Family Rallies Around 62 Year-Old Loving Wife, Mother and Property Manager for Senior Citizens Community. Cypress, CA (1/15/02)
    • Updated -- 3/13/07
  • 38 Year Old Circuit Designer Refuses Runs Into Medical Brick Wall But Keeps Looking For Safe Passage. Fallbrook, CA (10/18/01)
  • 51 Year Old Manager, Author, Family Man Explores Options, Chooses EPP and a Chance for A Cure, Vows to Cherish Life and Help Raise Awareness About Need for Research. CA (10/2/01)
    • Please Read These Essays, from a 51 year Old Meso Patient/Author/Manager/Humorist/Armchair Scientist. CA (7/30/01)
  • Garden of Memory: The Story of Sam and Doris Silvestro. San Mateo, CA (7/30/01)
  • 64 Year Old Former Sheetmetal Worker and All-State Half-Back Finishing Strong. Irvine, CA (12/15/00)
  • Susie Goodman Persistence, Family, Friends, Hope and Sugen SU5416 Help Young Mother with Stage IV Colon Cancer Overcome the Grim Statistics. The Susie Goodman Story. Laguna Hills, CA (11/6/00)
  • 64 Year Old Artist Struck Down Too Soon. Pasadena, CA (10/4/00)
  • 75 Year Old Insulator, Renaissance Man and World Traveler Summons Spirit to Fight Peritoneal Mesothelioma. San Francisco, CA (9/20/00)
  • 58 Year Old Problem Solver Marshals Faith, Family, Friends and the EPP to Eradicate Mesothelioma. San Clemente, CA (8/2/00)
    • Addendum: Diary of A Mesothelioma Family's Fight for Justice (2/21/01)
  • After Losing Husband to MM, Barbara Hoffacker Donates Legal Settlements to MARF. Santa Barbara, CA (7/28/00)
  • Steve McQueen, age 50, California (2/3/00)
  • Dr. Jablons Is "A Wonderful Human Being as Well as a First Class Physician".- 49 Yr Old Executive with Mesothelioma. Foster City, CA (7/1/99)
    • An account of Bill's memorial service from MARF's Executive Director, Chris Hahn. (4/5/01)
  • HMO Thwarts Treatment Plan for 55 Year Old MM Patient. Buena Park, CA (5/26/99)
  • 59 Year Old MM Patient Relieved to Be Eligible for Pleurectomy by Dr. David Jablons. Grass Valley, CA (3/23/99)
  • Martin Tutt, age 56, Served his Country, his Family and Community with Pride and Honor. Palmdale, CA (1/29/99)
  • Dr. Cameron Pleased with Post-Surgery Progress of 59 Year Old Teacher. Morro Bay, CA (12/17/98)
  • Dr. Jablons Gives Hope to Family of 73 Year Old MM Patient. Oakland, CA (8/25/98)
  • 68 Year Old MM Patient Pays Ultimate Compliment to Dr. Jablons. Rocklin, CA (11/18/97)
  • Doug Walters "Public Servant, Patriot and Husband Extraordinaire" 50 years old. San Diego, CA (9/1/97)
  • Fred Udell "Alive! " 64 Year Old Iron Worker And Welder. Hunington Beach, CA (1/97)

  • After EPP by Dr. Pass, 65 Year Old MM Former Powerhouse Operator Ready to Leap Next Hurdle. Johnston, CO (8/21/00)
  • 68 Year Old Asbestos Worker with MM Endorses Dr. James Mault, Thoracic Surgeon at the Univ. Of Colorado Medical Center. Denver, CO (12/4/97)

  • 69 Year-Old Connecticut Yankee, Insulator and Mechanic Completes Alimta Treatments for his Peritoneal Mesothelioma and Readies Himself for the Next Battle. Norwich, CT (9/17/03)
  • 65 Year Old Retired Navy Vet, Beyond the Call of Duty. Uncasville, CT (4/27/01)
  • Amazing Woman Recovering from Her Second Meso Surgery, 26 Years After Her First. Farmington, CT (3/12/01)
  • Promising Viral Therapy for 5 Year Peritoneal Mesothelioma Survivor. Stoors, CT (11/30/97)
  • Dr. Chabot and Dr. Taub Light Candle of Hope for 71 Year old former Asbestos Worker. East Hartford, CT (6/22/99)

  • mesothelioma asbestos 69-Year Old Brakeman: Never Too Far From the Beach. Parkland, FL (8/2/2008)
  • Proud 69 Year-Old Greek-American Tragically Poisoned By Asbestos Evil Ends Odyssey After Titanic Struggle With Mesothelioma. Palm Harbor, FL (7/23/03)
  • 75 Year-Old "Hard-Working Jersey Man" Hopes to Get Back to Restoration Work with Alimta. Gulf Breeze, FL (1/2/03)
  • Daughter of Mesotheliotic Your Website "helped me get through a very difficult time." Wilton Manors, FL (6/18/01)
  • 70 Year Old Retired Chiropractor Says "What am I going to do, Cope or Quit?" . . . He Chooses to Cope. Parrish, FL (5/8/01)
  • Hardy Mainer Weathers Mesothelioma's Storm, Sets Course for H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center. Zephyrhills, FL (4/19/01)
  • 73 Year Old Former Navy and Detroit School Boiler Tender Faces Mesothelioma with Loving Wife, Family and God. Port Orange, FL (3/19/01)
  • 66 Year Old Teacher/Athlete Inspires Students to Love Learning -- But Haunted by Deadly Dust. Oviedo, FL (1/20/00)
  • Mesothelioma and Bad Doctors Combine to Deny Richard Robbins a Fighting Chance. Orlando, FL (10/27/99)
  • A Treatment Plan Must be Based on A Firm Diagnosis!, 77 Year Old Florida Man's Hope Restored. Venice, FL (9/27/97)

  • Support from Strangers, Positive Attitude, Faith and Family Keeps 38-year old Mother of Two and Peritoneal Mesothelioma Patient Forging Ahead. Acworth, GA (9/5/01)
    • Updated -- 8/21/03
  • A Beautiful Life Disrupted -- 54 Year Old Executive Learning to Smile Again after EPP by Dr. Jaklitsch. Alpharetta, GA (3/22/00)
    • Updated -- 7/27/04
  • 55 Year Old Preacher Put Faith in God, Family, Friends and the H.Lee Moffit Cancer Center. Lake Park, GA (12/1798)
  • James Murphy Former Navy Man: "Assert Your Rights!" (9/16/99)
  • 55 Year Old MM Patient Embraces Immunochemotherapy. Atlanta, GA (1/26/98)
  • 49 Year Old mesothelioma Patient Vows to Finish Atlanta 10k Run, Celebrate Son's High School Graduation and Enjoy Life! Atlanta, GA (11/18/97)

  • After Surgery at UCLA, 53 Year Old Former Navy Officer and Bus System Manager Ready to "Get Back On That Horse." Idaho Falls, ID (3/2/00)

  • 56 Year-Old Cabinetmaker and Fisherman Angles For Cure With Dr. Sugarbaker. Coatesville, IN (10/17/02)
  • Hard-Charging 48 Year-Old Bricklayer, Boilermaker and Laborer Goes "Wheels Off" With Mesothelioma, Heads For Repairs in the Motor City. West Harrison, IN (8/21/02)
  • Mesothelioma Tests Mettle of 63 Year Old Former Steelworker. Crown Point, IN (5/6/02)
  • 68 Year Old Bird Dog Aficionado Points to Chelation Therapy and Poly-MVA in Hunt for Treatment. Pittsboro, IN (7/9/01)
  • 67 Year Old Inland Steel Pipefitter Goes From Dr. Nicholas Vogelzang to Dr. Harvey Pass to CTRC and Back to Dr. Vogelzang in All Out Fight with Mesothelioma. Schererville, IN (4/9/01)
  • Engineer Faces Setbacks with Patience, Strength and Clarity, Thanks to Loving Wife and Caring Doctors. Northern, IN (11/24/99)
    • Indiana Engineer with MM Interviews Drs. Pass, Perez-Solar, Rusch, and Swanson and Chooses Pass (11/24/99)
  • 58 Year Old Patient Researches Options, Rejoices in Finding Dr. Robert Taub and Rallies for the Treatment Ahead. Valparaiso, IN (10/6/99)
  • After Local Doctors Say Cure is Hopeless, 54 year old Engineer Happy to Find Dr. Harvey Pass. Elkhart, IN (6/22/99)
  • Leonard E. Smith Mesothelioma Robs Another Solid Citizen. 67 years old, Colchester U.K. and Indianapolis, IN (12/4/97)
  • John Kroemer "Life Just Beginning " 32 years old. Monrovia, IN (9/1/97)

  • 66 Year-Old Navy Chief Vows to Continue Sailing with Alimta/Cisplatin. Breeding, KY (12/14/06)
  • 66 Year-Old Retired Machinist and Church Deacon Holds Ground Against Malignant Mesothelioma With Dr. Sugarbaker, Prayer and His High School Sweetheart. Frankfort, KY (9/15/03)
  • 61 Year Old Farm Equipment Worker and Grandfather Learns Tragic News, Keeps His Head in the Game. Glasgow, KY (4/29/02)
  • 63 Year Old Sea and Land Nomad with Malignant Mesothelioma Treks to San Antonio for ALIMTA. Glasgow, KY (1/8/01)

  • 71 Year Old MM Patient: " If the Lord wants me now, I am ready to go. In the meantime, I have work to do.". Baton Rouge, LA (5/15/98)

  • 60 Year Old Navy Veteran and Brake Mechanic Undergoes EPP, Heroically Fights to Recover, One Breath at a Time. Ashburnham, MA (5/31/02)
  • After Watching Brother Die from Meso, Shipyard Worker 65 Year Old Louis DiBona Chooses Alternative Treatments for His Own Cancer. Braintree, MA (11/20/00)
  • "This Is So Unfair" -- Complications Post Lung Removal Steal Life of Robust 63 Year Old Nelson Lachapelle. Worcester, MA (6/16/00)
  • Dr. Sugarbaker's Kind Bedside Manner Restored Hope to Family of 82 Year Old MM Patient. Bradford, MA (6/24/99)
  • Dr. Sugarbaker Advises 80 Year Old MM Patient: "Think Years, Not Months.". Newbury, MA (3/25/98)

  • Stephen Jay Gould arguably is the smartest man alive! A brilliant evolutionary biologist, he was diagnosed with abdominal mesothelioma in 1982

  • 58 Year-Old Grocery Store Owner Dealt a Rotten Hand. Mass City, MI (1/21/05)
  • 59 Year-Old Retired Resourceful Recycler Turns to Dr. Pass in Rebuilding A Body Wracked By Mesothelioma. Midland,MI (4/7/04)
  • 61 Year- Old Venetian Immigrant and Former Soccer Player Takes His Shot At Mesothelioma With Dr. Pass, EPP and Copper Chelate Chemotherapy. Bloomfield Hills, MI (7/9/01)
  • With Help from Her Family, Friends and Providence, Inoperable 53 Year Old Hotel Manager Evaluates Experimental Therapies and Chooses Gemcytabine. Dearborn, MI (3/15/00)
  • Faith, Family and Friends Inspire Couple to Fight Mesothelioma, Help Others. Gaines, MI (8/3/99)
  • EPP Ruled Out for 70 Year Old Boiler Tender. Battle Creek, MI (3/24/99)

  • mesothelioma asbestos 68-Year-Old Mississippi Crime Fighter Now Fights Mesothelioma. Hattiesburg, MS (10/2/08)
  • 75 Year-Old Retired Tilesetter and Waterman Charts Course for Continued Health and Happiness. Moss Point, MS (5/3/04)
    • Updated -- 11/16/06
  • 78-year old Lumberton Man Won't Let Mesothelioma Pen Him In. Lumberton, MS (5/6/03)
  • Search for Cure Leads 63 Year Old MM Patient to Mayo Clinic, UPenn (Gene Therapy), Knoxville (Onconase), and Houston (Chemo). Jackson, MS (2/18/98)

  • 54 Year Old Writer Beats Back MM Seven Years Ago, Tackles Recurrence With Megace. Marceline, MO (6/6/00)
  • 57 Year Old MM Patient Prior to EPP with Dr. Harvey Pass Vows: "Five years from now, I will still be here!". St. Charles, MO (3/20/00)
  • "No Time to Grieve," says 73 year old Household Exposure Wife, Mother, Matriarch) - St. Louis, MO (3/23/99)

  • 69 Year-Old Retired Teacher Formulates a Lesson Plan Against Mesothelioma with Alimta. Las Vegas, NV (9/1/04)
  • 57 Year-Old Wife and Mother of Three Fights to Beat Odds of Pleural Mesothelioma With Dr. Robert Cameron. North Las Vegas, NV (8/4/04)
  • 70 Year Old Former Drywaller, Minister and Fireman Saved Others, But Could Not Save Himself from Sarcomatous Mesothelioma. Searchlight, NV (1/15/02)
  • 75 Year Old Professor Researches Treatments, Participates in Gene Therapy, Onconase and TAS 103. Henderson, NV (7/31/00)
  • Retired Electrical Engineer/Brooklyn Shipyard Worker in Stage II Offered Radical Surgery But Stays the Course. Las Vegas, NV (3/27/98)
  • Bill Giblin: True Grit. Henderson, NV (6/96)

  • 78-Year Old Music Teacher, Store Owner and Accordion Player Extraordinaire Trusts Dr. Sugarbaker to Lead Him to Additional Encores. Manville, NJ (12/27/05)
  • 69 Year-Old Retired Seaman Diagnosed With Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Chooses Treatment At Sloan-Kettering, Hopes for Life As An Old Man and the Sea. Somerset, NJ (10/9/03)
  • Powerful 56 Year Old Boilermaker and Veteran Searching for Strategies to Give Him a Fighting Chance Against Mesothelioma. Red Bank, NJ (6/25/01)
  • 53 Year Old Florist Bravely Makes Peritoneal Mesothelioma Her "Project." Berlin, NJ (7/27/00)
  • Tumor Stabilized for 72 Year Old Physicist, Who Attributes Good Fortune to Exercise, Family and Random Acts of Kindness. Fort Monmouth, NJ (3/26/99)
  • Gabe Hoz "Courage " Gabe Hoz. 40 years old. N. Brunswick, NJ (2/96)
  • Cisplatin, Surgery and Faith Restore Hope For 37 Year Old Woman. NJ

  • "Co-Existing with Cancer or You Thought Living with your In-laws Was Difficult" -- by Jack D. Ruda, Morris Publishing (1998). Rochester, NY (5/16/01)
  • 52 Year Old George Becker -- Heart to Spare. Elbridge, NY (5/5/99)
  • Son Remembers How Dad, Dying From Asbestos-Cancer, Made Him Laugh. Buffalo, NY (4/15/99)
  • Doctor Struggles to Find Cure for Wife with Mesothelioma. Norwich, NY

  • True Grit: 52 Year-Old Physician Devoted to the Poor Miraculously Survives EPP Complications, Guts Out Radiation Therapy and Condemns Asbestos Corporate Bail-Out Bill. Hillsborough, NC (3/19/04)
  • George Barg -- His Winning Attitude is Par for the Course. Asheville, NC (10/10/97)

  • Faith, Family, Friends, Inner Fire and Memories of A Blocked Field Goal Fuel 72 Year-Old Lifelong Cincinnatian's Fight With Mesothelioma. Cincinnati, OH (9/17/02)
  • 43 Year Old Woman Has High Hopes for Lovastatin. Cleveland, OH (2/24/00)
  • Despite Surgery and Chemo, 79 Year Old Pipefitter/Fisherman Maintains Sense of Humor. Lorain, OH (8/9/99)
  • 58 Year Old MM Gaining Momentum after Stops in Wheeling, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston. Sardis, OH (11/17/98)
  • David Rizor The Consummate Father, Friend and Professional. 55 years old. Lima, OH (2/17/98)
  • Dr. Sugarbaker`s Team Restores Hope to the Gorman Family. Lima, OH (4/14/97)

  • Chronicle of a Compassionate Treater: M.D. Anderson's Dr. W. Roy Smythe Counsels 73 Year Old Former Trainman and Navy Vet With Pleural Mesothelioma. Eufaula, OK (3/5/01)
  • Dr. Rusch Cancels EPP for 44 Year Old Patient, Orders Pre-Surgery Chemotherapy. Tahlequah, OK (7/27/00)
  • Our Story: Johnny and Kimberlee Hough meet Dr. Robert A. Nagourney at the Cancer Evaluation Center. OK

  • All-American Mom and Home Decorator Puts mesothelioma in its Place. Lake Oswego, OR (3/25/08)
  • The Times, They Have 'a Changed. A Conversation With A 72-Year Old Retired Union Man. Portland, OR (10/25/07)
  • 71 Year-old Outdoorsman Seeks Joy in Life While Trying to Surmount Mesothelioma. Sisters, OR (9/6/06)
  • "A Very Nice Man" Faces Pleural Mesothelioma With Dr. Eric Vallieres, Prepares for Year-End Surgery After Enduring Four Months of Chemotherapy. Westport, OR (12/30/02)
  • Vermiculite and Mesothelioma Take Life of Beloved Middle School Teacher. Portland, OR (6/27/02)
  • 82 Year Old Engineer Learns Something New: Tries to Live with Dreaded Disease. Waldport, OR (2/5/02)
  • A Blessing In Disguise: How a Painful Fall From an Ornery Horse Results in a Life-Saving Lung Cancer Surgery for 65 year old Asbestos Investigator. Keizer, OR (1/14/02)
  • 66 Year Old Independent Thinker and Master of Many Trades Rejects Surgery, Embraces Alternative Therapy. Toledo, OR (1/31/01)
  • 63 Year Old Former Pipefitter/Plumber Tells the Grim Reaper to Get Lost. Irrigon, OR (8/2/00)
  • 65 Year Old Construction Worker Uses Pain Management to Battle His MM. Woodburn, OR (12/17/98)
  • Waymon Shadwick Asbestos Worker, Honorary Labor Power Teammate. Portland, OR (9/23/98)
  • 55 Year Old MM Patient Interviews Several Surgeons, Chooses Dr. Pass. Portland, OR (4/28/98)

  • 65 Year Old MM Patient Seeks Treatment From Mayo, MD Anderson, University of Chicago, San Antonio and Dr. Robert Taub. Parkston, SD (11/14/00)

  • "Look here mister!" 52 year-old Mother of Three, Pillar of Strength, Confronts Mesothelioma. Nashville, TN (12/27/06)
  • 64 Year Old Boilermaker/Beefalo Farmer's Search for A Cure in Houston, Tampa Bay and Chicago Hits Medical Brick Wall. Wartrace, TN (9/1/99)

  • Lifetime Farmer and Irish Fan Plants His Hopes on Alimta. Gainesville, TX (2/16/04)
  • 59 Year Old Corporate Pilot Finds The Difference Between an Ordeal and an Adventure is Attitude. The Woodlands, TX (12/23/02)
  • 61 Year-Old Former Boiler Worker Struggles to Keep Lung Cancer at Bay. Iowa Park, TX (7/22/02)
  • Darlene Rodriquez, Mother of Two with Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma Survives an Amazing Seven Years. Continuing with Experimental Chemotherapy. San Antonio, TX (6/10/02)
    • Updated -- 5/17/08
  • Diary of a Survivor: 79 Year Old Asbestosis/Mesothelioma Plasterer Has Met More Than His Share of Bad Luck, Vows To Keep The Lights On. Hunt, TX (5/29/01)
  • Former Cheerleader, Runway Model and Wife of Professional Ball Player Rallys Family and Faith to Fight Mesothelioma. Denton, TX (1/26/01)
  • 78 Year Old Plumber Explores Treatment with ALIMTA, Relies on Family. Kingsville, TX (12/14/00)
  • Former Funeral Director and Pastor Cherishes Each Waking Moment. Amarillo, TX (8/11/00)
  • After Left Lung Removed in Boston, Mesothelioma Recurs in Left Thoracic Cavity; 58 Year Old Business Owner Now Optimistic about ALIMTA. Sugarland, TX (7/5/00)
  • 66 Year Old MM "Still Here" After 44 Months, Praises MD Anderson. Missouri City, TX. (3/7/00)
    • Updated -- 10/17/02 "Still here after 75 months!"
  • Mesothelioma Robs 23 Year Old Investment Banker, Athlete and Child Prodigy of Beautiful Life. Houston, TX (12/14/99)
  • 51 Year Old Former Linebacker Wrestles with the Devil and Mesothelioma. Adkins, TX (10/25/99)
  • 54 Year Old Good-Natured Texan Chooses ALIMTA Trial at M.D. Anderson. Little Elm, TX (10/11/99)
  • Denied Conventional Therapies, 60 Year Old Turns to Homeopathic Remedies. Red Oak, TX (6/22/99)
  • Neither Sloan Kettering nor MD Anderson Able to Help 55 Year Old Super Mother. Dallas, TX (6/17/99)
  • Truman Evitt, age 76: the Platar "Poster Boy" - Fort Worth, TX (6/7/99)
  • 68 Year Old Angler with MM Dangles Several Hooks in the Water. Canyon Lake, TX (5/27/99)
    • Letter from Texas Senator Phil Gramm regarding funding for Mesothelioma Research (8/17/00)

  • Retired Machinist/Sheetmetal Worker Back on the Road. Port Orchard, WA(11/9/07)

  • Mesothelioma Tugs, but Does Not Unravel the Fabric of Tight-Knit Family. Bremerton, WA (3/26/07)

  • 73 Year-old Chiropractor Just Wants to Get Back to Fishing. Gig Harbor, WA (2/18/07)

  • Union Insulator with Iron Fists, 56, Teams with Dr. Cameron to Pound Mesothelioma. Graham, WA (1/22/07)

  • Looking Forward to "retirement ruts", 60 Year-Old Retired Marine Machinist Now Looking to Dr. Vallieres. Port Orchard, WA (5/4/05)
  • 60 Year-Old Retired Marine Machinist Following Doctor's Orders - Alimta, Surgery and Radiation. Poulsbo, WA (10/18/04)
  • 59 Year_Old Building Supervisor and Future Minister Tracks a Blueprint of Recovery with Dr. Vallieres. Bothell, WA (6/22/04)
  • 56 Year-Old Former Pipefitter Counts On Alimta and Dr. Vallieres for Return to Active Retirement Halted By Malignant Mesothelioma. Silverdale, WA (9/26/03)
  • 71 Year-Old Former Lather/Insulator: No Time for Doom and Gloom, Too Busy Seeking Alimta and Cultivating his Garden. Ferndale, WA (10/21/02)
  • 45 Year Old Shipyard Foreman and Adventurer Chooses Dr. Vallieres and Life. Belfair, WA (3/18/02)
  • 63 Year Old Dairy Farmer Chooses EPP With Dr. Vallieres, Prepares for Surgery Ahead. Randle, WA (1/25/02)
  • Faced with Mesothelioma After Retirement, 60 Year Old Alcoa Worker Counters with Dr. Vallieres. Wenatchee, WA (12/5/01)
  • 51 Year Old Perfectionist Chooses Best Treatment Path for Him in Imperfect World. Ridgefield, WA (2/1/01)
  • First Love, Best Friend and AAA Coverage All Rolled Up into One: Wife Fondly Recalls Husband Taken by Mesothelioma. Spokane, WA (6/26/00)
  • 48 Year Old Firefighter Glen Monks Dedicated His Life to Helping Others. Camas, WA (3/26/99)
  • 56 Year Old Sheetmetal Worker Seeks Help from Dr. Eric Vallières of U of W. Snohomish, WA (2/2/98)
  • 56 Year Old MM in Chemo Phase of U of W's Phase III Multi-Modal Therapy Program. Seattle, WA (2/2/98)
  • 58 Year Old Vietnam Veteran Fighting Back. Tacoma, WA (3/24/98)
  • Richard Andera Asbestos Pox Claims Lives of Mary Andera's Husband and Oldest Brother. Seattle-Tacoma, WA (3/3/98)
  • Dr. Wood Removes 97% of Tumor in 46 year old MM Patient - Seattle,WA (2/17/98)
  • Medical Community Mobilizes to Help 17 Year Old MM Patient. Kennewick, WA (1/19/98)
    • Mother Who Lost Teenage Daughter to MM in 1992 Sends Prayers to Jorge. Arkansas (2/22/98)
  • Dr. Hammar's Assessment of Treatment Options for 74 year old MM Patient. Wenatchee, WA (11/4/97)
  • Kedric Grove "Being alive was a precious gift "A Father's Experience with Mesothelioma as seen through the eyes of his daughter. Seattle, WA (9/97)
  • 58 Year Old Seattle Patient Finds Dr. Ralph Aye: Anatomy of an Extrapleural Pneumonectomy. Enumclaw, WA (8/21/97)
  • 67 Year Old Electrician: Putting "The Fight" into Perspective. Anacortes, WA (8/20/97)

  • 72 Year-Old Retired Pipeline Worker and Benefactor Navigates Unexpected Turn. Parkersburg, WV (4/24/02)

  • The Last One You'd Predict to Have Cancer: 62 Year-Old Pillar of Community Knocked Down by Meso. Mequon, WI (12/28/06)
  • 71 Year Old Successful Businessman Loses Battle with Mesothelioma After 20 Months. Luxemburg, WI (9/15/03)
  • 46 Year Old Carpenter and Husband Disqualified from Clinical Trial, Strives to Make New Treatment Work for Him. Waukesha, WI (7/12/02)
  • 40 Year Old Airline Mechanic and Father Gets Double Dose of Tragedy, Fights Back. Fort Atkinson, WI (5/6/02)
  • 61 Year Old Hardworking Family Man Concludes Platar Trial and Considers Surgery and Endostatin. Johnson Creek, WI (12/8/99)
  • Harry Rector The Final Tearful Days of an Educated Man. 69 years old. Suring, WI. (7/27/99)
  • 67 Year Old Pipefitter and Musician Looks to Dr. Lary Robinson and the Experts at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center. Let the band play on. Oconto Falls, WI (4/10/97)

  • Canadian Boilermaker Travels to Bremerton, Washington "Thanks to Roger Worthington's Website" (7/31/01)
    • Updated -- 01/10/08
  • At age 41, Canadian Learns She has Mesothelioma. As a child, Marilyn Bertrand slept and played with a chrysotile asbestos rock from the Thetford Mines in Quebec. Canada

  • Prof. Mike Meliss "Waiting Kills" -- German Prof. Mike Meilss Operated on by Dr. Sugarbaker. Germany (10/2/00)

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