I grew up in a society where mental health was stigmatized, but cancer made me realize that it helps to speak up about these issues.
Tamron Little
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Tamron was diagnosed with peritoneal mesothelioma — a rare cancer caused by asbestos exposure — in 2007, as a 21-year-old new mother. As a woman diagnosed at just 21 years of age, she was anything but the typical mesothelioma patient. After more than a decade of living with mesothelioma, she began to share her experiences with others by blogging on Asbestos.com.
Articles by Tamron Little
After being homebound for two years from the COVID-19 pandemic, I was eager to get out, though I did have many cancer/COVID-19 concerns.
I don ’t fit the profile of someone who gets diagnosed with mesothelioma, so my diagnosis came as a shock.
Mesothelioma has been categorized as an “older persons” disease, writes a 14-year survivor. Which is why, she writes, her and her family were completely caught off-guard when she was diagnosed at 21.
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