The Next 10 Years As a Mesothelioma Cancer Survivor

February 2016 is here, which means I'm a 10-year survivor of cancer. More than that, I have survived shock -- the shock of a mesothelioma diagnosis, of being told I had a few months to live. I have survived loss -- the loss of my health, the loss of a lung, the loss of an expected kind of life. I have survived the pursuit of justice, a pursuit that can never truly return what was taken. Above all, I have survived fear -- fear of losing my family, fear for my family's future, fear of dying. If you've been reading my 10 Years In 10 Months series, you've witnessed all the moments of survival I just mentioned as each one was given its own chapter; you witnessed them alongside me as I remembered them. You also saw how, without my healing and treatment journey, and without the love and support f...

from MedWorm: Mesothelioma http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=166771588&cid=c_409_91_f&fid=39949&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.huffingtonpost.com%2Fc%2F35496%2Ff%2F677071%2Fs%2F4db7c9da%2Fsc%2F13%2Fl%2F0L0Shuffingtonpost0N0Cheather0Evon0Est0Ejames0Cthe0Enext0E10A0Eyears0Eas0Ea0Emesothelioma0Ecancer0Esurvivor0Ib0I92490A980Bhtml0Dutm0Ihp0Iref0Fhealthy0Eliving0Gir0FHealthy0KLiving%2Fstory01.htm