Posts by Paul Garcia8

I want to apologize to anyone I may have offended. This is about health and life, and perhaps I haven't quite found the right words to describe the situation I'm currently facing. It's possible I don't fully grasp the gravity of this yet, or what the outcome will look like months or even years down the line.
My father is actually in very good mental and physical shape; nothing seems to strain him—whether it's walking uphill or driving (he was just behind the wheel of his ST-ZGi a few days ago). He’s maintaining the exact same pace of life and work as he did before the diagnosis. He isn't experiencing any "chest tightness" or shortness of breath at all...
He did have some breathing difficulties, however, before they drained about 2 liters of pleural effusion.

I’m looking for people who actually have something meaningful to contribute regarding mesothelioma treatment. Jamie Clark74, from everything I’ve read about you, you seem terrified of the possibility of developing mesothelioma. There is a massive difference between the fear of getting it and actually living with it. I am looking for real experiences fighting this disease.
How effective have combinations of conventional and alternative medicine turned out to be?

My father (59) has been diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma and starts his first round of chemotherapy (carboplatin + bevacizumab) tomorrow. Does anyone have experience with how the chemotherapy drug GEMZAR (gemcitabine) performs when treating pleural mesothelioma?
My father spent thirty years working at a shipyard located just a stone's throw from the Salonit plant in Vranjic.