| Prospect > Health and safety > Roger Lowe mesothelioma and asbestos campaign |
Campaign forum
The forum is for victims of mesothelioma and other asbestos-related disease, and their loved ones, to post their questions, tell their stories, share their experiences, post ideas for fundraising, and advertise any fundraising events they are organising. Reading other people's messages will also show that they are not alone in going through these difficult times.
We are currently having some problems with the discussion forum. Logged-in Prospect members can post messages, but members of the public cannot. Please bear with us with we try to remedy this. In the meantime, you can use our feedback form to submit your message - just mention the Roger Lowe discussion forum in the subject line. If you use this method, please note that your message won't appear in the forum straight away.
|
Posted by: Lowe 18 January 2008 12:48 Subject:Asbestosis |
|
I have been following you case with interest as my father died on 20/12/1968 age 55 he was a plumber in the dockyard in plymouth for about 30 years At that time not much was known about asbestosos but since then we have learned that he worked with asbestos for years and I am certain that that is what killed him He was taken to hospital with \"pleurosy\" and only lived for 5 days Like you I was devistated I had two small children who my dad adored and he never saw them grow up My mum is still alive today age 94 ,my children Tracy 41 and my son michael 39 He never saw my youngest or my brother`s 2 girls .My husband Peter and myself knew your father years ago when we all used to go to Wonwell Beach .I wish you well in your campaign
|
|
Posted by: Lowe 05 February 2008 22:26 Subject:Re: asbestosis |
|
Thank you for your posting and well wishes Maureen. It's good to hear from people following our campaign but sad to know there are so many local people out there who have had their lives devastated by the effects of asbestos. If you are still local to Plymouth maybe you would like to come along to one of our support meetings? The next on is 11th February and then again on 10 th March and 14th April. The meetings are very informal and are a chance for people who have lost a loved one to a suspected asbestos related disease or who have an asbestos disease to get together and have a coffee and a chat. It's a chance for those who want to share their experiences to do so but equally a chance to just spend sometime with people who have gone through the similar heartache and anger of losing a loved one to a preventable disease. Also the campaign will be holding an event to commemorate Action Mesothelioma Day on 27th February 2008. Please keep any eye out for the publicity about this event, we would love to see you there. |