After going through 3 courses of chemotherapy treatments for mesothelioma I have been told that because of reducing effect of chemo on disease & possibility of kidney damage nothing more can be done. I now discover that if I happen to have approx. £100.000 spare I may have the chance of another year by having treatment available privately but not on NHS. Having not been able too claim any compensation this is not possible .At present this treatment is not available on NHS due to costs , so it makes me wonder how much ,according to the government, is a persons life worth ? Especially when trying to claim compensation is so difficult ,considering there is only one cause of disease ,through no fault of my own---asbestos.
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