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Emma’s Story
After her initial visit to her GP with a cough she couldn’t shift, it took further visits and nearly a year for Emma to get a diagnosis of...
Robert – Don’t Let The Dust Settle
Robert's story Robert is a consulting engineer in the building services industry. This role sees him working alongside architects and structural...
Rodgers family – Don’t Let The Dust Settle
Rodgers family A social worker, with no known asbestos exposure, Tony was only 60 when he was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma. Fit and active,...
Helen Bone – Don’t Let The Dust Settle
Helen's story Helen turned 40 last year. She’s married to Mark and between them they have three daughters aged between 10, 14 and 17. She qualified...
A day in the life of our Events Officer, Rachel
In this interview Rachel tells us about her role as Events Officer, and the happiness she felt being able to contribute to the first in-person...
A day in the life of…Louise Nelson
Mesothelioma UK Clinical Nurse Specialist, Louise, talks about how her varied nursing career led her to focusing on caring for people with...
Meet Virginia, Research Associate at the Mesothelioma UK Research Centre
Virginia went from teaching classics for 30 years to doing a PhD focused on the veteran experience of living with mesothelioma. Now working as a...
Jenn Latham, Clinical Nurse Specialist – Blazing a trail in the Scottish Highlands
Jenn wanted to be a nurse from an early age. After qualifying in 1993, her career took a respiratory focus. Now working with the Pleural Service,...
Meet the team – Alyshia Riley
Alyshia, our Senior Digital Fundraiser, talks about how her passion for all things media helps her come up with creative ways to inspire and support...
Volunteering for Mesothelioma UK
Denise talks about volunteering for Mesothelioma UK and how her tenacity and creative thinking helped raise awareness for Action Mesothelioma Day....