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We have been touched by asbestos in individual ways, yet we are joined together by a common bond of community. As a testament to the strength of our global family, Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) is highlighting courageous asbestos and mesothelioma stories on our website.
- “We Had to Watch Him Deteriorate Before Our Eyes” Gilbert’s Story
- “Grateful That I’m Alive” – Tamron’s Story
- “His Vocal Box Was Taken Away From Him” – Alfred’s Story
- “High Amounts of Asbestos” – Tim’s Story
- “Nothing Got Better” – Patrick’s Story
- “Could Have Prevented His Death” – Robert’s Story
- “Forced to Fight an Unworthy Foe” – Larry’s Story
- “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
- “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 With 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
- “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
We encourage you to submit your personal stories by clicking here and following the simple instructions on the page. In sharing, comes healing. Remember, you are not alone.
