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Aged 51-60
Interview LC23  

Interview LC23

Age at Interview: 56
Sex: Male
Age at Diagnosis: 55
Background: Carpenter (retired), married, 2 children.
Brief outline:Diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2002, and is having palliative care (died July 2003).


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He obtained compensation and Industrial Disablement Benefit when diagnosed with mesothelioma.

 



How has all this affected you financially and what you have to do to get any help at all?

Well when I was first diagnosed and the doctor said, "You'll have to pack up work and sort your finances out because you know if you've only got a year to eighteen months”, it did worry me a bit actually because me and my wife has always worked and we never claimed for anything you know and it did worry me because if I had to pack up work and my wage is gone you know. But you can get benefits, Industrial Disease Benefit, which you have to fill a forty page form out, well most of them is like that and we've never done it, and it took us ages to fill these forms but we done it in the end and you do get compensation but it doesn't mean a thing really, you know your health is more important than that. But then again it does help, you know because if you haven't got a wage coming in the benefits does help a bit.
Karol Sikora - Lung cancer
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