Scott Frost shares his insights from our newsletter:
There are some words you can go most of your life without thinking about.
Aerator.
Serpentine belt.
Thermocouple.
Then something goes very wrong with your faucet, your car, or your furnace, and suddenly you know how to spell them, pronounce them, and explain them to your relatives.
Mesothelioma is one of those words.
This Saturday is Mesothelioma Awareness Day.
And I’ll admit, “awareness” is an interesting word from where I sit.
Because I think about mesothelioma every day.
I talk about asbestos exposure, medical records, work histories, treatment, and what comes next.
It’s my job.
But for the people who walk through our doors, it isn’t.
They have jobs, families, plans, and a thousand other things taking up space in their heads.
Then a doctor says one word, and there’s an entirely new vocabulary to learn.
Pleura.
Epithelioid.
Immunotherapy.
There are questions they never expected to have to ask, too.
How did this happen?
Where was I exposed?
What do I do now?
There are people who never expected to know as much as they do about mesothelioma in the first place.
That’s who I think about on Mesothelioma Awareness Day.
They’re the reason the day matters.
And the reason awareness shouldn’t end when the day does.
— Scott Frost
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P.S. If mesothelioma or asbestos exposure has become part of your family’s vocabulary, we’re here if you have questions.
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