Posted on August 1, 2019
As we prepare for our 14th Congressional Staff Briefing next Tuesday, I would like to take a moment to reflect on the courageous Mesothelioma Warriors in the USA and around the world, and their stories.
Since ADAO was founded, over 200 patients and families have shared their stories with us. Today we are publishing everyone’s stories and next month we will go back to featuring individual ones. Through our collective voices and common bonds, we join together to fight to end one of the largest man-made disasters.
These aren’t just stories – they fuel our work and serve as impactful examples of the human cost of asbestos. For example, since we began organizing staff briefings, we have shared over 1,000 individual stories with members of Congress. Your stories help lawmakers understand asbestos diseases on a human level, hopefully leading them to pass beneficial legislation. At our “Impact of Asbestos on Public Health, Environment and Economy” briefing this coming week we hope to continue this tradition and amplify the voices of our community for staffer’s from your state.
You can Share Meso Warriors’ Stories with your social networks or Share Your Own Story with ADAO. Asbestos awareness is not restricted to just a day on the calendar. Thanks to you, ADAO will continue to raise awareness about these preventable asbestos-related diseases every day until there is a global ban and a cure.
In unity and with great gratitude to patients and families around the world,
Linda Reinstein
- “This Stupid Cancer Took Her Life” – Vicky’s Story
- “Help Yiagos fight mesothelioma cancer”- Yiagos’ Story
- “He Was In A Lot Of Pain” – Thomas’ Story
- “Asbestos Took Our Breath Away!” – Hilton’s Story
- “I Never Dreamed I’d Be Here Writing This” – Nozomi’s Story
- “My History of Mesothelioma” – James’ Story
- “Chemo Roller Coaster” – Rod’s Story
- “It’s a Cancer Battle That is Almost Impossible to Win” – Bruce’s Story
- “Dirty Laundry that Kills” – Iva’s Story
- “I was given 3-6 months to live” – David’s Story
- “Companies Chose Corporate Greed Over People’s Lives ” – Steven’s Story
- “Asbestos Has Turned Our World Upside Down” – Willard’s Story
- “I’m Still Fighting Daily” – Maggie’s Story
- “He Was Cheated From Life” – Anthony’s Story
- “I Pray No Other Family Goes Through This” – Martha’s Story
- “His Death Was Preventable” – Joe’s Story
- “Deadly Asbestos Took Away My Dad” – Raymond’s Story
- “Stole My Father From Me Like A Thief In The Night” – Alfred’s Story
- “Miracles occur, why not for us?” – Colin’s Story
- “One Day At A Time” – Raeleen’s Story
- “I Continue In His Honour” – Brian’s Story
- “Living With A Time Bomb” – Bracy’s Story
- “Our Beloved Father Robbed From Us” – Richard’s Story
- “When Did We Stop Bringing Her Flowers?” – Maureen’s Story
- “My One In A Million Dad” – Tony’s Story
- “We Live Each Day with Passion and Fun” – John’s Story
- “Dad’s Fight Is Now My Fight” – Edward’s Story
- “Our Family and Community is Devastated” – Robert’s Story
- “Diagnosis and Treatments Completely Changed My Life” – Betsy’s Story
- “Too Late to Save My Mum” – Sue’s Story
- “My Life Changed Overnight” – James’ Story
- “Our Lives Will Never Be the Same” – Robert’s Story
- “I Try to Appreciate Life More” – Sally’s Story
- “I’m Currently on 17 Medications” – Arthur’s Story
- “Moral Right to Seek Fair Compensation” – Guy’s Story
- “He Always Had Time to Listen” – James’ Story
- “Exposed Washing a Couple of Asbestos Workers Clothes” – Mary’s Story
- “In the Beginning He Had So Much Hope” – Clarence’s Story
- “Fighting Unending Pain ” – Damon’s Story
- “Love is Stronger than Cancer” – Ana’s Story
- “Cheated of his Golden Years” – Jack’s Story
- “It Brought My Life to a Total Halt” – Ralph’s Story
- “We Live Each Day Knowing We Are at Risk for Mesothelioma” – Robert and Laura’s Story
- “My Dad Did Not Deserve to Die the Way He Did” – Joe’s Story
- *UPDATED* – “The Value of My Life in Dollars and Tears” – Heather’s Story
- “I Lost My Best Friend and the Love of My Life” – Hermann’s Story
- “My Body is in Conflict with My Spirit” – Tasha’s Story
- “One Little Fiber of Asbestos” – John’s Story
- “Sleepless Nights and Tearful Days” – Emma’s Story
- “I Really Miss My Dad” – Rudolph’s Story
- “Diagnosed at 14 Years Old” – Terran’s Story
- “We Made the Best of the Time We Had Left” – Alan’s Story
- “It Was Too Much” – Winona’s Story
- “Bottled Up Inside” – Joseph’s Story
- “It’s Been Like a Nightmare” – Kathleen’s Story
- “Living For My Family” – Sarah’s Story
- “Raising Hope” – Kurt’s Story
- “Mesothelioma Can’t Take That Away” – Steve’s Story
- “When Not Even the Doctors Can Give Hope of Life” – Marisol’s Story
- “Who’s Next?” – David’s Story
- “Asbestos Took My Soul-Mate” – Bill’s Story
- “A Veteran Exposed” – Norman’s Story
- “Fighter” – Annamarie’s Story
- “The Wind Beneath My Wings” – Pam’s Story
- “An Enormous Shock” – Jim’s Story
- “Robbed of a Fantastic Husband, Dad, and Granddad” – John’s Story
- “Vanished Dreams” – John’s Story
- “Loss of a Soulmate” – Derold’s Story
- “Continue On Each Day” – Shirley’s Story
- “A Thief in the Night” – James’ Story
- “For The Love of Money” – William’s Story
- “A Daily Struggle” – Raymond’s Story
- “A Life Forever Changed” – Gregory’s Story
- “Weapon of Asbestos” – Steven’s Story
- “Last Breath” – James’ Story
- “Monster of A Disease” – Vicki’s Story
- “Secondary Exposure” – Burlene’s Story
- “My Hero, The World’s Hero” – Warren Zevon’s Story
- “Nothing Short Of A Miracle” – Barry’s Story
- “Facing Life with Strength and Hope” – John’s Story
- “The Road to Recovery” – Steve’s Story
- “My Hope” – Candace’s Story
- “Traumatic Stress” – Robert’s Story
- “Asbestos Destroyed Our Lives” – Ken’s Story
- “Asbestos Has Robbed Us” – Glenn’s Story
- “The Opportunity to Grow as a Person”– Mike’s Story
- “Faded Away” – Gary’s Story
- “The Search For Treatment” – Tamblea’s Story
- “So Much Suffering” – Mimma’s Story
- “Missing Him” – Bill’s Story
- “Absolutely Devastated” – Marvin’s Story
- “Robbed of His Life by Asbestos” – Christopher’s Story
- “Asbestos Kept My Husband from Living the Life He Deserved” – David’s Story
- “Someone Pulled the Emergency Brake!” – Sara’s Story
- “What Ate My Mum? And Will it Eat Me?” – Janet’s Story
- “Oblivious to the Exposure” – Patricia’s Story
- “I Once Had It All, Now I Am So Lost” – Wayne’s Story
- “I Was Left Without My Biggest Supporter”–Alessandro’s Story
- “Mesothelioma Has Changed Our Lives Forever” – Paul’s Story
- “Put a Smile On” – Mary’s Story
- “The Only Comfort We Have Is Knowing He Did Not Suffer At The End”–Lonnie’s Story
- “More Research is Needed Desperately” – Reg’s Story
- “I Was Given a Second Chance for the Purpose of Helping Others Through this Horrible Unnecessary Cancer” – Tina’s Story
- “Pain from Something Every Day” – Marlyn’s Story
- “My Heart Will Forever Feel a Pain That Can Never Be Replaced” – Calvin’s Story
- “Ensuring Future Generations Are No Longer Ignorant About Asbestos” – John’s Story
- “Rob Fought Courageously Till The End” – Robbie’s Story
- “Asbestos Is a Hidden Evil” – Joseph’s Story
- “Our World Was Turned Upside Down” – Peter’s Story
- “So Many Dead Just for Others Greed” – Paolo’s Story
- “Asbestos is Not Only Bad for You, It Kills You!” – Smoe’s Story
- “Our Lives Will Never Be The Same” – Rudy’s Story
- “Life is Precious” – Tom’s Story
- “Baby I’m Going To Die” – Glen’s Story
- “Only 19 Years Old When He Was Exposed” – John’s Story
- “Her Death Reduced My Life to Rubble” – Paola’s Story
- “Our Hearts Torn Out” – Joseph’s Story
- “A Story No One Should Ever Have to Tell” – Selina’s Story
- “Our Father Was Our World” – Jose’s Story
- “What You Don’t Know Can Kill You” – Michael’s Story
- “My Daughter Will Not Get to Know Her Grandfather”– Kenneth’s Story
- “I’m Fortunate To Still Be Alive” – Lenny’s Story
- “Being a Meso Warrior Takes a Lot of Faith and Hope” – Jill’s Story
- “Fighting Every Minute of Every Day” – Karen’s Story
- “Mesothelioma Does Not Discriminate” – Heather’s Story
- “Our Unending Grief” – Todd’s Story
- “Courage and Strength” – Donald’s Story
- “Mesothelioma Shook Us to the Core” – Don’s Story
- “Giving Everything and Never Giving Up” – Dan’s Story
- “Not Ready Yet” – Troi’s Story
- “One in a Million” – Bernie’s Story
- “Asbestos Not Only Kills People – It Destroys Lives” – Julie’s Story
- “Life Can Change So Fast” – Barry’s Story
- “The Devastating Consequences of Asbestos” – Tony’s Story
- “Finding Hope with Mesothelioma” – David’s Story
- “A Man of Unmatchable Character” – Ralph’s Story
- “Handed a Death Sentence” – Randy’s Story
- “Robbed of His Dignity” – Keith’s Story
- “Living with Emptiness” – Robert’s Story
- “Strength and Honor” – Dave’s Story
- “A Family Devastated by Asbestos Exposure” – Blayne’s Story
- “Living the Nightmare of Mesothelioma” – John’s Story
- “Outliving the Unlivable” – Rachel’s Story
- “Mesothelioma Stole My Second Chance” – Ellen’s Story
- “Changed Lives” – Cathy’s Story
- “Eighteen Months to Live” – Midge’s Story
- “I Just Want to See My Children Grow Up” – John’s Story
- “It Won’t Stop Until They Are Jailed for Murder” – Jean’s Story
- “Constant Pain – Jesse’s Story
- “A Hole in Many Lives” – Bob’s Story
- “Keeping His Memory Alive” – Carl’s Story
- “Our Journey with Mesothelioma” – Chip’s Story
- “Asbestos Has Changed My Life” – Michael’s Story
- “I Thought I Was Going to Die” – Polly’s Story
- “I Will Never Be the Same Again” – Janelle’s Story
- “Fighting This Disease Eith Everything He Has” – Roland’s Story
- “Information is Empowering” – Randy’s Story
- “Praying for an Asbestos Ban” – William’s Story
- “Mesothelioma Robbed Us” – Joe’s Story
- “Staying Positive” – Mike’s Story
- “Our Family’s Rock” – George’s Story
- “9 Months to Live” – Jim’s Story
- “We Will Love You Eternally” – Darryl’s Story
- “Wanting to Fight It” – George’s Story
- “Trying to Make a Living” – Rebecca’s Story
- “The King of Cool” – Steve McQueen’s Story
- Jorge’s Story (Brazilian Asbestos Worker)
- “In the Midst of the Storm…A Rainbow Shines” – Richard’s Story
- “Images of the Asbestos Ghost” – Jan’s Story
- “Doing Something Positive” – Steve’s Story
- “Reflection of a Life Lost” – George’s Story
- “Full of Impotent Rage” – Jo’s Story
- “Turned Away” – Julius’ Story
- “A Life Cut Short” – Moe’s Story
- “Misdiagnosed” – Gene’s Story
- “10 Year Survivor” – Bonnie’s Story
- “Four Generations” – Laura’s Story
- “A Heart of God” – Elizabeth’s Story
- “If I Should Fall Behind” – Charles’ Story
- “He Has a Place in Heaven” – Russell’s Story
- “Asbestos has literally flipped my world upside down” – Larry’s Story
- “A Father’s Legacy” – Wolfgang’s Story
- “Unsuspecting Heroine” – Doreen’s Story
- “Rudy Doesn’t Live Here Anymore…” – Rudy’s Story
- “Fighting to Honour the Life of a Wonderful Father” – Gary’s Story
- “My Life Battling Mesothelioma” – Jan’s Story
- “I’ll Do Anything to Fight Mesothelioma to Have More Time with My Family, Anything” – Alan Reinstein’s Story
- “It’s Too Soon” – Michael’s Story
- “Robbed of Many More Years” – William’s Story
- “My Life Has Changed 100%” – Janine’s Story
- “Breathtaking” – Richard’s Story
- “I Will Not Die in Vain” – Louise’s Story
- “Women and Mesothelioma” – Anita’s Story
- “An Expectation of Justice” – Stan’s Story
- “A Deadly Workplace” – Subrayan & Murgesan’s Stories
- “The Power of Public Health Advocacy: A Patient’s Perspective” – Julie’s Story
- “I fight on for all our Meso Warriors past, present and future.” – Mavis’ Story
- “India Through My Eyes” – Ravindra’s Story
- “How Many Deaths Will It Take?” – Joe’s Story
- “With Love Comes Hope” – Lonna’s Story
- “Dust into Gold: Banning Asbestos is Good Business” – Paul’s Story
- “Mesothelioma and Me” – Debbie’s Story
- “My Hero, The World’s Hero” – Warren’s Story