Mavis Nye’s Story
In 2009, Mavis was given three months to live but refused to give up her fight with Mesothelioma. She now works within the NHS as a Patient and Trail Rep alongside TSSG Lung Members. By frequently attending many conferences and workshops around the country, Mavis continues to battle speeding up life-saving mesothelioma treatment. I’m just […]
Deidre’s Story
Deidre is the loving widow of her husband Thomas, who died from Pleural Mesothelioma in 1997. She created a site dedicated to her husband which shares the stories of those who have lost a family member as a result of an asbestos disease. On the 7th January 1997 my husband Thomas C vanGerven was diagnosed with Pleural Mesothelioma. We had never heard of […]
Lou’s Story
As the Global Ban Asbestos Network Director for Australia and a Mesothelioma Warrior, the 1st International Asbestos Conference in Australia is monumentally important to me. Since my father, Norman Heritage, was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 1985 at the age of 54, I have believed in raising awareness and helping in unity to help ban asbestos on a global scale. […]
Linda Reinstein’s Story
Grief is never-ending. As I prepare to present at the XX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work in Frankfurt, Germany I am reminded of the human cost of inaction. Since Alan was diagnosed in 2003, an estimated 100,000 Americans have died from preventable asbestos-caused diseases. Worse yet, in the past decade, the USA […]
Kieran and Debbie’s Story
Debbie Brewer was diagnosed with mesothelioma in November 2006. She was exposed to asbestos as a child when she hugged her father on his return from work at Devonport Dockyard. Despite her illness, Debbie tirelessly campaigned to raise awareness of lung cancer by asbestos, both in the UK and abroad. Sadly, she passed away at St Luke’s Hospice, Plymouth in June […]