Aug 11, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min · 15 segments
Send us Fan Mail 'Asbestos & the Mesothelioma Warrior, a story of love, faith and hope' with Heather Von St. James. Heather is an internationally…
Heather von St. JamesGuest
Terri-Ann BerryHost
Jason MilnerHost
I mean, how do you also feel about people just checking in, just saying, how are you going? Or does that get frustrating? Or is that something that just really makes your day because you know someone's out there looking out for you?
You know, it's so different now because 20 years ago, texting wasn't as big a thing like it is now.
Wi-Fi had just been released and laptop computers were hardly a thing.
So, you know, it was different 20 years ago because people would call quite a bit.
And it did get a little overwhelming with the phone ringing all the time.
We just sent mass emails out to everybody and said, go here for updates.

And that's a really smart thing to do because up until the trust was created, I think 2022, but I always get the year wrong.

But the trust, Mesothelioma Trust, we wanted to do, as you said, provide an information source, resources and links to experts who actually could help.

But I think for us, the other thing we realized is that a lot of the people who are currently suffering from mesothelioma tend to be in a quite unique demographic, that they tend to be on the older side.

And it was very much male orientated for a long time, less so now, but for a long time.

And so, I think we wanted to make sure that actually they had somebody that they could connect with that understood, really understood the journey.

Because even though we want to help, we know that personally we don't understand.

I mean, how do you also feel about people just checking in, just saying, how are you going? Or does that get frustrating? Or is that something that just really makes your day because you know someone's out there looking out for you?
You know, it's so different now because 20 years ago, texting wasn't as big a thing like it is now.
Wi-Fi had just been released and laptop computers were hardly a thing.
So, you know, it was different 20 years ago because people would call quite a bit.
And it did get a little overwhelming with the phone ringing all the time.
We just sent mass emails out to everybody and said, go here for updates.

And that's a really smart thing to do because up until the trust was created, I think 2022, but I always get the year wrong.

But the trust, Mesothelioma Trust, we wanted to do, as you said, provide an information source, resources and links to experts who actually could help.

But I think for us, the other thing we realized is that a lot of the people who are currently suffering from mesothelioma tend to be in a quite unique demographic, that they tend to be on the older side.

And it was very much male orientated for a long time, less so now, but for a long time.

And so, I think we wanted to make sure that actually they had somebody that they could connect with that understood, really understood the journey.

Because even though we want to help, we know that personally we don't understand.
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