Word: mesothelioma
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Glynis, a middle-aged artist who works in metals, takes the lead in the outrage stakes. She's mad at herself for not producing enough and at the art world for ignoring her, but she's most furious about having cancer, a rare form called mesothelioma, linked to asbestos exposure. Her family laments that illness is not bringing out the best in Glynis. She disagrees: "Maybe the best in me, to me, is hateful, vindictive and ill wishing ... I wish everyone else were ill, too." (See 10 health care reform...
Gould had battled serious health issues earlier in his life. In 1982 he was diagnosed with abdominal mesothelioma, a cancerous growth in the tissue coating many organs that usually comes about as a result of asbestos exposure...
Gould recovered from the mesothelioma and “functioned at a very high level,” according to Dailey. Doctors at Dana-Farber, including Mayer, continued to follow Gould’s health. But Gould also suffered from small bowel obstructions, which Dailey described as painful and debilitating intestinal blockages, and was hospitalized in New York in March 2002 for his sixth such obstruction when the lung cancer was ultimately found, already at the final stage of progression...
...procrastinate) in front of a cozy blaze. cough, cough! Another potential hazard lurking in the dorms—or grandma’s house—is asbestos. This fibrous rock, mined (not surprisingly) in Canada, emits airborne particles when processed. After years of inhalation, the particles can cause mesothelioma or other lawsuit-inducing cancers. However, it’s important to note that asbestos is only harmful when the materials it’s in are in bad condition. The EHS website says that “with very few exceptions (e.g., specialty high temperature equipment) asbestos-containing materials...
Gould was diagnosed and cured of abdominal mesothelioma cancer in the early ’80s and had been getting regular cancer screenings at Dana-Farber...