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Personal Profiles: Courage, Grit, Gratitude
Patient
Treatment History Profiles
Last Updated April 22, 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
-
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 Meso 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 Meso 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)
- Safeway Sued for Poisoning Employee.
Baldwin Park, CA (3/30/07)
- 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)
- 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 Klaus Brauch Explores Options, Chooses EPP and a Chance for A Cure,
Vows to Cherish Life and Help Raise Awareness About Need for Research.
Huntington
Beach, CA (10/2/01)
- Please Read
Essays
from Klaus Brauch, 51 year Old Meso
Patient/Author/Manager/Humorist/Armchair Scientist.
Huntington Beach, 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)
- 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)
- A Beautiful Life Disrupted -- 54
Year Old Executive Learning to Smile Again after EPP by Dr. Jaklitsch. Alpharetta,
GA (3/22/00)
- 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 Meso 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)
-
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)
- 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 Meso 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)
- 37 Year Old Mother of Two
With Malignant Papillary Mesothelioma Lasts 15 Months on Alimta, Does Not Despair, Draws
Closer to God, Family and Friends. San Antonio, TX
(6/10/02)
- 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)
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The Last One
You'd Predict to Have Cancer: 62 Year-Old Pillar of Community
Knocked Down by Meso. Mequon, WI (12/28/06)
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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)
- 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
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(including clients of other law firms) intend to waive the attorney-client privilege.
The opinions expressed herein by persons other than Roger Worthington are not
necessarily endorsed by the Law Offices of Roger G. Worthington, P.C. This is an
open forum. Roger Worthington is not a medical doctor. The information
contained herein is intended to educate asbestos cancer patients and their families of the
potential medical and legal options available. Patients are advised to consult with a
medical doctor.
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