Some good news.

Some good news. The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (MARF) is going to be one of the charities that the premiere of Dying to Live will benefit March 13 at the Laemmle Music Hall Theater in Beverly Hills. It’s important for me to be extending the mission of the film in helping to find a cure for the disease that Valerie died from. She continues to inspire me.

MARF has gotten the highest rating from The Charity Navigator which means MARF makes the highest percentage of money donated available for research. It is for both mainstream and alternative treatment. We had experiences on all levels of treatment, mainstream chemo, alternative blood product therapy in the Bahamas and experimental treatments of medications right near the very end of her life.

I’ m glad to be getting things in motion. I want to hear the conversations that follow screenings.

A friend of mine told me that the film changed his awareness to the needs of a pal who was laid up in hospital with an unknown ailment. My friend wound up going to see him everyday. Just to be there.

I’m hearing that I do pretty well on the internet for my age. Who knows? Recently I felt like I discovered a new world when I found a large resource site for Volunteerism while researching appropriate charities for the film. There are lots of people committed to making a difference.

My experience was not different than anybody else’s. I just happened to have a camera turned on. In making the film, all I was trying to do was tell the truth about what happened to me and make sense of the path it led me down. But mostly to face the truth. It’s freeing me. I hope some folks will write some of their experiences here….