Mesothelioma in Idaho: Asbestos Causes, Risk Factors, and Treatments
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I keep hearing about mesothelioma, and I learned early on that it was a form of cancer caused by asbestos, but just recently I thought to write an article on the topic. I hope we can share mesothelioma facts and gain a greater understanding of this disease. What are the available or cutting-edge mesothelioma treatment options? Why are there so many mesothelioma attorneys, why have they gotten involved in a health care issue? Where are the best mesothelioma resource information sources?
First, the term mesothelioma is commonly misspelled as mesotheloma, mesothlioma, mesoliothoma, etc. Mesothelioma is a type of cancer almost exclusively caused by asbestos exposure. Recall that asbestos is a collection of minerals with fiber-like properties. It was used in many products since the 19th century but especially favored in buildings for properties such as sound absorption, tensile strength, and flame and heat resistance.
Unfortunately, inhaling asbestos fibers causes asbestosis and mesothelioma. I read a great description of how this happens in a book, Down to the Studs. Essentially the tiny fibers get stuck in the walls of your lung, and cancer develops around them. The fibers are nearly impossible to remove and are easy to inhale, which is why asbestos has been banned since the early 1980s and asbestos removal is a specialized (and expensive) operation. Nasty stuff, ehh?
Symptoms of mesothelioma include chest pains, wheezing, coughing, fatigue, shortness of breath, and may not be apparent until twenty to fifty years after your asbestos exposure. Mesothelioma is a challenge to diagnose, because as you look over the symptoms you realize those are the same symptoms for many other health problems. Chest X-rays, lung function tests, CAT scans, and MRIs can be used to initially narrow down the possibility of mesothelioma. If fluid is found around the lungs, further mesothelioma diagnostics can be performed, such as a pleural tap and/or biopsy to analyze the fluid. There is also a newer Mesomark assay test for proteins released by mesothelioma cells.
What do you know about mesothelioma, what are your experiences, and what can you share?
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0 Hmm. I bet your website value quadrupled today. So nice of you to include all the possible misspellings, too! 
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0 0 Nemesis you dont think? haha! Saw that in the chatbox.Spellings were a great addition.
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0 0 This page is very optimized for the keyword “mesothelioma” which is the highest paid Google adword advertisements (often at least $50 a click!), so every other blog has at least a short article on this now. Listing the misspellings was over the top in my opinion though.
That said, this is a decent concise article for an overview and I learned some things - I had no idea symptoms can appear decades after exposure! I imagine that can really make it difficult if not impossible to know the source or time of exposure.
Next, if you haven’t already, I hear various combinations of “loans” or “mortgages” pay almost as well, so if you haven’t already, try to figure out a reason to write a story on that topic too.
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0 0 Sorry if it bothers you. I thought I would try one article on a high-paying keyword topic. Please note that I published another article just a moment after this one, so as not to bug regular users.
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0 0 I did notice that, because I found the meso post by accident, browsing history. And you didn’t advertise it on the chatbox. So I knew the primary purpose was to help out the value.
3333 brought the concept home, it does touch people we are involved with in our internet community. It’s a serious subject.
After reading Trance-late #4, I figure I’ll help you out by clicking on all the links on this page. I don’t mind if you make some money, you deserve it, you fulfill an incredibly valuable function on this website and I absolutely dread the future knowing the next owner may not be as capable or moderate, or tech-savvy.
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0 0 I hope people affected by mesothelemioma are not hurt. for sales purpose you should edit out comments like nemesis and trance late so as not to let cat out of bag.I noticed you edited comments concernind murder article so its acceptable for you to do.
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0 0 Oh, hey, that part didn’t occur to me, that a cat could be let out of the bag in this area by our comments…I agree, get rid of mine, if they might cause a problem.
Sorry.
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0 0 So much for your discussion.
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0 0 DId Joe copy and paste this from somehwere on the net? I searched MSN for his text and it looks like he wrtoe this original. See comment 4 Trace-Late name links to POst Register advertisng. Its not enouf to piss on a mans work also have to spam link to compettors ad website? Friends like these who needs enemys?
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0 0 Isn’t there a program for current and past energy workers that have incurred medical problems? I thought they had an office at 1820 E. 17th Street. This agency helps families of effected workers as well. 3333 should check into this.
If I find the contact info, I will post it. Perhaps a Google search would work here too.
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0 0 3333, check into this information:
http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/owcp/eeoicp/pressreleases/pr20050217a.htm
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0 0 Thanks for the info Mike. My brother didn’t have any children and his wife died with cancer in 2000. Therefore, there was no one left who qualified as being eligible for any benefits. We were working with the office that you mention at the time of his passing and also PACE Union. The only thing that we were interested in was coverage for his medical bills. We also had a meso lawyer, but he passed away before any horrendous bills were incurred and he ran out of money, so we just canceled everything out. None of the surviving siblings were interested in money that could maybe be used for someone who needed it besides the fact that we were not considered as eligible beneficiaries for this type of reimbursement.
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0 0 Well, at least you didn’t have alot of outside entanglements to worry about. Those make the loss of a loved one even tougher to bear. I had a family member pass away and the executor of the will (who was close to the family member) said it was tough enough to have lost his friend, but he was reminded of his friend’s passing almost daily for 6 months having to tidy up the estate. Thanks for posting and sharing your thoughts. I wish you well.
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0 0 Mesothelioma is a serious condition that can have a significant effect on one’s family and quality of life. Lawyers are after these sorts of cases for their high payouts and ease in winning.
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0 0 Nice to see you try to earn some money off of someone else’s heartache. Would you of used it if this experience was close you ? Have you ever changed brake pads Joe? Maybe it was 20 years ago.
Back then they were full of asbestos and what is sad… the bigger car co. new it was there!! They did nothing. Even 3M (post it note people) are at fault. They were the maker of the face masks that the mechanics were suppose to use. These masks were suppose to have a protectant in then. They are the reason my dad is dead. Its a horrible disease! In my dads case he practicly decompossed alive. They figured he had been exposed years earlier. So when he was finally diagnosed it was to late. UTAH drs diagnosed him, the Idaho ones couldnt get it.
If caught in time they can insert a rubber damn around the lungs.
Glad you could make a dime off someones misery!!!
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0 0 Lighten up Shalyce. This article was written by Joe Vandal. Joe Eagle now owns the site. I wrote comments No 1 and No 13, so you can’t accuse me of not going through the pain of having a loved one diagnosed with this disease. I was with my brother (my best friend) every step of the way after he was diagnosed.
I really don’t think the main idea was to make a buck off of someone else’s pain.
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0 0 I assume you have already told the other 10,600,000 websites returned in a Google search for “mesothelioma” that they are trying to make a buck off of your dad’s misery?
I think your dad would have wanted you to attack the real problem, not the fringe fallout. Look for blame with that car manufacturer, the brake pad manufacturer, the mask manufacturer, your dad’s employer, your dad’s doctors, the mesothelioma lawyers, and congress for the cause of mesothelioma problems, not a blog that was 1,000,000,000th in line to write about it.
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0 0 Comment #17, please see #5, “Sorry if it bothers you. I thought I would try one article on a high-paying keyword topic. Please note that I published another article just a moment after this one, so as not to bug regular users.”
I think this article is informative, and would like to see the discussion focus on the topic, so that all those mis-spellings directing traffic to this site won’t be wasting the time of those researching the topic. I had never even heard of Mesothelioma before seeing this article, so it did help to educate me.
To that end, it would have been nice if Joe V had done more research and included other sources of info to help people instead of just trying to max out on a “high-paying keyword topic” as he states above.
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My brother was diagnosed with possible mesothelioma about 3 years ago and passed away 2-1/2 years ago. The diagnosis at one time would be yes it was meso, and the next time that no it wasn’t. His death certificate reads mesothelioma as the cause of death. It was thought that he contacted the disease either working in the shipyards in San Francisco back in the late 50’s to early 60s; prior to that time, he had worked construction at the AEC (as INL was known then) which was also considered a possibility. We were told by oncologists that there was no known cure or treatment. The only treatment was to keep the patient as comfortable and pain free as possible. He was on oxygen for about the last four years of his life. Once it was diagnosed, it was considered a death sentence and a rapid one at that. The last diagnosis of positive for meso occurred 2 weeks before his death. He was in the hospital at the time.