The Media

I mentioned in earlier posts that Patrick and I were building a forum for ADSVIC so that there will be an online support group.  Now that the Forum has been launched I have added a link to it on the side of my blog and also here if anyone is interested to have a look.  

A lot of people have told me this week that they saw me on television.  I only got to see the one on channel 9 news but I was also on channel 10 news and I think on 7 also.  If anyone saw me on any other channel I'd be interested to know.  

Dave emailed me from Sydney on Wednesday to say that there was a photo of me on page 2 of 'The Australian' newspaper but I was looking much older and he sent me a scan of it.  He was joking of course because there was a photo of another woman my age with mesothelioma and her mother.  The caption mentioned her by name and then said ' ...with her mother, Anita Steiner'.  I thought it was funny.   I emailed her and told her about it.  She told me that she was not even interview by The Australian that day and neither was I.  The photo was taken the day before from the commemoration service.

It was a very touching service and even more so because Bernie Banton died just the day before it.   For those reading my blog not from Australia, Bernie Banton was a Aussie hero who spent the last seven years fighting for victims of Asbestos Diseases against James Hardie, the company that made asbestos products while knowing of its dangers.  He died on Monday from mesothelioma.  Only the week before he also won a settlement with James Hardie.