We are currently seeing a lawyer right now. We have a lawyer in
Boston who is working on my dad's workman's comp. case. He is paired
up with another firm that deals with litigations of meso. I will call
you if this falls through.

Thank you
Stephanie L. Farina










--- In mesotheliomasupport@yahoogroups.com, M M <sausalito1010@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi...I'm very sorry to hear about your mom. I have a tremendous
amount of experience with people who have both a similar cancer to
your mother's (sounds like peritoneal mesothelioma) as well as
the 'typical' mesothelioma which starts by attacking the lining of
the lung. You have asked a tremendous amount of questions and I would
be happier to answer most all of them. My office - The Asbestos Legal
Center - always provides free information, advice and treatment
options to victims of asbestos disease around the Country. While I am
an attorney (in both CA and Oregon), I can assure you that it is more
important to me to help people than to represent them. Please call me
at your earliest convenience. My direct line office number is (415)
399-1631 - Please call me at anytime during business hours (Pacific
Time). I will be happy to call you back and I can assure you that it
will be purely for information only (I know how some are hesitant to
speak with attorneys).
>
> Michael Mandelbrot
>
>
> "Stephanie L. Farina" <Farina01238@...> wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience with having more than 6 sessions
of
> alimpta/cisplatin? Even though meso is rare, my mom has an even
> rarer case. Out of 100 cases they see 3-4 like hers. She has a
mass
> in the center of her chest that has grown and is attached to the
> esophagus, attached to the aorta. Usually meso does not wrap
itself
> like it has. She has it in the lining, in her main bronchial tube
> and now think she may have it in her esophagus. She has a feeding
> tube but continues to work 35 hours a week. The chemo really did
> it's job for the first 4. In two weeks we will know if it has done
> anymore. Dr. Sugarbaker just wants her to keep doing chemo because
> there isn't much that they can do. Her doctor here is concerned
> about giving her more chemo because it is so much harder on the
body
> after 6 and have to worry about kidney failure. So now it is a
> guessing game to decide when they think the chemo has done all that
> it is going to do. Then they go in for more biopsies and EGD (look
in
> esophagus)to see if there is tumor in there. If there isn't then
> they will do exploratory but she will have to stop chemo for 6-8
> weeks so she can heal. We are hoping that the tumors have shrunk
> enough and come off everywhere it needs to to have an EPP. I was
> just wondering what other people's experiences are. It is just so
> hard to wait and wait. My mom was diagnosed in November. They
gave
> her 6-18. We are now past 6 months and she is fine other than
chemo
> effects. It is nice to have other people who know what we are
going
> through.
>
> Stephanie L. Farina
>
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