This is different than anything I've dealt with before; I'm 29 and don't think that I'm currently ill with anything related to asbestos, but that I could eventually become ill because of potential exposure. I must have seen one of those mesothelioma lawsuit ads that randomly appear online and on TV, but that made me go down an asbestos rabbit hole. I wouldn't consider myself "high-risk" for something like mesothelioma, because I have never worked a job that would have exposed me to asbestos or been around anyone who has, nor have I ever been a smoker, but I grew up in a relatively old home built in the late 1960s that my father and professionals did work on throughout the years. To be fair to my father, he is knowledgeable about what's involved in building a home and wouldn't do something major like taking down an entire old ceiling without doing his homework first and consulting a professional. For example, I remember he decided to get a sample of the kitchen floor that was decades old tested for asbestos at a lab before ripping it up, and fortunately it didn't have asbestos. The main concern I have is that he or someone working on the house might have ripped down an old wall with asbestos behind it at some point or something like that, as I'm almost 100% the other usual suspects for asbestos in a home weren't present by the time I was born. I know this is a very specific concern, but I know that it is common knowledge that homes built before around 1975 like the one I grew up in are more likely than not to have asbestos somewhere in them.
I know I can't be concerned about getting mesothelioma for decades over exposure I'm not even sure happened, as that is no way to live. I also know that my father is certainly not the only one to have done DIY projects in a home that isn't new. I think what bothers me the most about this is the possibility that I was exposed at a young age, meaning if I did get mesothelioma in the future, it might be at a very young age.
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