Mesothelioma Patients - 3

As more and more people are diagnosed with mesothelioma, the lawsuits against these corporations are increasing as well. Mesothelioma litigation started increasing in the late 1900s as all the people who had worked with asbestos since its entrance into industry in the late 1880s started displaying the symptoms. Today, it has reached its peak as not only workers, but even their families are being diagnosed with this condition. Billions and billions of dollars are being generated in the lawsuits that are being filed against these companies. Mesothelioma litigation has become a branch of legal specialization in itself. There are mesothelioma law firms and mesothelioma attorneys and lawyers who use their legal expertise in guiding mesothelioma patients to sue companies or individuals for the deliberate damage caused by asbestos exposure. This is a very lengthy and tedious process and often takes years and years to resolve since mesothelioma is such a delayed condition. Obviously the companies do not like being incriminated in such cases and they use their expansive pool of both financial and legal resources to fight the cases. So if you want to take legal action, do not delay. Make sure you get a competent mesothelioma law firm and begin your crusade.

Since mesothelioma is largely incurable, there are many other forms of palliative treatment that mesothelioma patients can opt for. These include aromatherapy, acupuncture, meditation and yoga. While these do not cure you of the condition, they keep you both physically and mentally happy. Another important thing is to eat well. Cancer treatments take a lot out of you and there are many weakening side effects as well. Thus you must have a proper balanced diet, which replenishes your body with all the important nutrients like proteins, vitamins and so on. Also make sure that you do not eat very oily and rich food, because this might lead to diarrhea and other digestive problems.

Do not let yourself succumb to the circumstances, no matter how painful they maybe. The latter is an all important thing that comes into play if you have a terminal condition. While expressions like "you must be brave" and "always think positive" sound clichéd and are very easy to say, it also holds true that having a strong personality and will power does indeed push away the inevitable end. Even if you get the best medicine and treatment available, falling prone to depression will knock away half of your remaining years as well. It has been scientifically proven that mesothelioma patients who have undergone both physical and mental cures have had longer life spans than those who have only gone in for medication.

Look for inspiration in Stephen Gould who was a world famous evolutionary biologist in his time. He was diagnosed with abdominal mesothelioma. When he looked up information to see how much time he had, he discovered it to be an average of eight months only. Rather than being depressed he interpreted things in his own way and by virtue of his personality and determination lived much longer. He was diagnosed in 1982. He died in 2000, that is, 18 years after his diagnosis! He stretched his 8 months, to 18 years. That is what a strong mind can do. When Gould asked his friend Sir Peter Medawar, (who incidentally is a Nobel Laureate in immunology) about what is the best way to fight against cancer, he replied, "a sanguine personality." This just goes to show that the heart and the head can prove to be better defenses than even the best form of radiation therapy that you can obtain.

There are still many gross injustices that are being carried out to stop mesothelioma legislation. The Congress has been trying to pass a bill which will take away mesothelioma patients’ right to sue. A judge has passed a ruling to create a multimillion dollar fund to aid patients. Now at first sight, it seems like a magnanimous gesture, doesn’t it? The fund was actually created so that mesothelioma patients would not sue the companies for funds. All this is being done because these influential and plutocratic corporations are pressurizing the government to save them. Life and society is being ruled by money and people who have it. But I am not saying this to make you lose hope. On the contrary this should make you fight even harder. Do not be intimidated by such formidable capitalist propaganda. Stand up and fight for what is rightly yours and your family’s.