This disease has changed my life in many ways. I first found that the Medical profession and Hospitals know very little about how to diagnose and treat Mesothelioma. My general internal medicine doctor had told me I had a hernia. If you are a women, usually the diagnosis is ovarian cancer and not until surgery is it determined that you have Mesothelioma. There is very little effective treatment available for this orphan disease. Funding for research is almost nothing. There are however, two non-profits foundations that have taken on the task of improving treatments and supporting the rights of Mesothelioma patients. They are the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation, that funds research for better treatments and believe in finding a cure and helping victims and families, the other is the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) is an independent organization founded by Linda Reinstein and Doug Larkin on April 1, 2004. I have taken the fight to the streets with the www.southfloridamilesformeso.com Race/Run/Walk to raise asbestos awareness and Fund research for Mesothelioma Cancer.
Believe in a cure,
Larry Davis