It’s not necessarily true that nothing can be done Peter. Recent immunotherapy treatments with monoclonal antibodies have been promising and have been the reason I am still here writing this now. The treatment was approved just as I was diagnosed in the fall of 2020. Great timing for me, since you were basically correct that before US FDA approval of immunotherapy nothing used really did more than slightly prolong the inevitable. It is still no picnic as the treatment, while it shrank my tumors, ruined my thyroid and pancreas. Meso is one of those things that waits around until you retire happily before it slaps you up side the head. Mine was undoubtedly a result of my naval service in the 70’s, but I also did my share of motorcycle and Land Rover brake jobs over the years. For most of us older Vin owners it is too late to do anything about our careless youth, but that is no excuse to play with the stuff now and you can carry the asbestos dust in to your family from the garage. Carefully get rid of anything you suspect might be asbestos, and wear PPE while you handle it. It’s not worth it to try to use the old stuff.
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