Shared Stories

I am a student at UMD in Minnesota. I am originally from a small town in southern Minnesota.

I was born with Kartagener syndrome, the cilia does not work in my lungs, ears or sinuses.

I am 64 years old. I’ve been a machinist since I was 18 years old, I like playing a lot of games on my iPad and playing with my dog Milo.

My mother is 69 year old who currently suffers from a lung disease, Alpha 1 Antitripsen.

I live in Florida and have COPD.  I'm a member of the ALA's COPD Patient Advisory Group and have been involved with the American Lung Association for nearly 25 years.

My story is my son's Anthony J Chapman story! He was diagnosed with severe uncontrolled asthma at the age of 2.

Lung cancer was never on my radar. I’m young; still in my 30s. As a former Division One athlete, I’ve been active all my life and have remained active through sports and regular exercise.

I started participating in Lung Force walks about 4 years ago. I lost my mother and sister to lung cancer.

On February 17th, 2024, I experienced the devastating loss of my mother to stage 4 cancer, believed to have originated in her lungs.

I received cancer screening in 2021, after quitting smoking and being diagnosed with COPD.

I struggled with weight gain from the time I was 21. By the time I hit 50ish, I could not seem to keep any weight off through many programs. I applied for and was approved for a bariatric surgery at our local hospital until I failed a pre-operation t

Hi, my name is Maureen and I am the face of a lung cancer survivor!

My initial symptoms began in 2019 with overwhelming fatigue, back and leg pain. My primary doctor recommended that I do stretching exercises and gave me pain medicine.

I'm Carlos Ramirez, a single father to two thriving young adults. Life took an unexpected turn when Small Cell Lung Cancer disrupted our entire lives.

Although I do not have lung cancer, its effects are very personal to me. I am a respiratory therapist and work in pulmonary rehabilitation and as a tobacco-free advocate. Every day I work with patients who have a history of lung cancer. They become l