It is really tough.. And my dad never smoked or drank. When the asbestos findings were first coming out, like with men who worked in schools, hospitals.. etc, a lot of those men died because it was so new. But because my dad never smoked, he bought himself a lot of years. Anybody out there going through what I am going through now?
2006-08-25 14:13:37 · 4 answers · asked by tootsie45414 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
I'm so sorry about what you, your family and your Dad are all going thru. I'll keep you all in my prayers.
Twenty (20) years ago my Dad died from lung cancer. At least that's what the Doctors called it back then. My Dad was a Cosmetic Chemist who breathed in asbestosis fumes that were heated to 700 degrees in a machine in the building he worked in. When he was diagnosed with cancer, the company he worked for, quickly hired a company (with men dressed from head to toe in special suits) to dismantle everything so they could not be sued. My Dad was present when the men came and asked them why they were covered to dismantle everything when it was completely cold, with no temperature. My Dad was told that asbestosis, even in a completely cold stage, was still very dangerous. When my Dad said that he breathed the fumes in for over 10 years, when the machine was heated to 700 degrees, the men didn't know what to say to him. He then revealed to them that he now had lung cancer.
Again, please accept my condolences and I'll keep all of your family in my prayers.......Bright Blessings......
2006-08-25 14:27:18 · answer #1 · answered by Goblin g 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my cousin died about 10 years ago from asbestos lung cancer. i am sorry about your dad. the weird thing is that my cousin was a smoker but he had his lungs biopsied and it said that the cancer was not from the cigarette carcinogens but the asbestos that he was exposed to. my cousin spent his last days on oxygen and some of the time in bed with a morphine drip.
2006-08-25 14:19:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes my husband died with this problem he got asbestosis from his work which was a sheetrock hanger and because i helped him and washed our clothes i have the same problem with a probable cancer in my lung....it is not fun nor and easy thing to live with beleive me....evidently no cure available at least we never heard of one....
2006-08-26 06:46:18 · answer #3 · answered by Carrie N A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry to hear about your father. Here is an attorney in Illinois. Ron Kanoski & Associates.
2006-08-25 14:16:56 · answer #4 · answered by Heidi R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋