autumnborn

Just bought green tea and green tea supplements for my best friend, just diagnosed Wednesday (not sure of the stage, probably IV, but appears there's a small chance she not only has LC, but lymphoma, too - and we're hoping there are two distinct cancers, of course)! Am looking into some mushroom therapy (very promising news from the NIH on this). Also, macrobiotic diet, which she isn't too hip on, but she wants to live. Problem is, she's also got myelofibrosis lurking and was looking at a bone marrow transplant in the future. That's on the way back burner now.

Meso is caused from asbestos exposure. If you have meso, it was caused from asbestos exposure. While it does take a long time for meso to develop, it can be caused from a relatively short period of exposure. Plumbers and pipe fitters, Navy personnel (ships through the 80s were filled with asbestos), construction workers, and shipyard workers are most often at risk, as well as asbestos miners, of course. Family members of those who worked in these fields are also at high risk as the fibers were often carried home on workers clothing. Asbestos is still used widely in third world countries.

Lee, I don't know if you got my email of earlier today, but I forgot to mention the most important thing! Have you been to the MARF site (www.marg.org - Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation)? It's full of information you need to know. You can find lots of patient information (including the names and phone numbers of some excellent doctors doing research into meso therapies and treatments). Need some extra support? MARF can set you up with an email/phone buddy or try to find a volunteer in your community to help. Click on over...good stuff.

My sister called me to complain that our father wanted to drive himself to the doctor. She said it wasn't a good idea because his eyesight had gotten worse lately. I didn't think about it until I went to visit about a month later. There was Dad at the kitchen table reading a large print Reader's Digest with his glasses on and using a rather large magnifying glass to see the words. He must've made it to the dr.'s office by feel! He never drove again. Never asked for the keys Hide the keys. If not for your mother, for the rest of the people on the road.

Medicare Part B - no charge applies to patient Secure Horizons pays 100% of the cost of flu shots for their clients - no copay If you check out getaflushot.com, you can find places to get a shot without actually visiting a doctor's office (fire departments, senior centers, grocery stores that are holding clinics). This is my first post. Back to lurking...

One grief leads to another. It's a hundred little heartbreaks.