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I am now a very lucky lung cancer survivor. This is due to early detection that only required surgery and no additional treatments.
I am a never-smoker who was diagnosed with Stage 1 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
My dad passed away from Stage 4 Lung Cancer. He was a heavy smoker, and at the time, we didn’t realize what was happening or recognize the signs of his illness.
Three years ago, my husband, Bobby, was diagnosed with Stage IV ALK-positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
After experiencing a chronic cough for six months that progressively worsened, I was diagnosed with Stage 4A lung cancer with a HER2 mutation in July 2023.
Having just retired at 64 years old I was looking forward to traveling with my wife. My AFIB had been getting progressively worse, so I decided to have an ablation done to relieve the symptoms.
My name is Denise , I’m 58 and I was diagnosed with small cell carcinoma in February 2024.
September 2024 will be my 5 year Cancer-versary.
I am now a very lucky lung cancer survivor.
My mother, Valerie, passed away in July 2024 after a 16-month battle with lung cancer.
Eight years ago, I was diagnosed with stage 3 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. I was a 42-year-old married mother of five daughters, ranging in age from 9 to 24, and working full-time caring for a severely disabled gentleman.
I’ve been a smoker since I was a teen, I’m now 55. September of 2023 I thought I had bronchitis and took myself to the ER. I was found to have stage 3L SCLC.
In July of 2023, my mom was diagnosed with Advanced Small Cell Lung Cancer. Since then, she has endured multiple radiation treatments, chemo and immunotherapy.
Lung cancer upended my world two decades ago when my mother received her shocking diagnosis – shocking because doctors had spent months treating her for bronchitis that turned out to be an advanced adenocarcinoma!
In April of 2018, after a 10-day trip, I experienced wheezing and shoulder pain. As a smoker at the time, I would often need steroid treatments for bronchitis.