LUNG FORCE Heroes
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John G. My journey for lung began when I was not quite nine years old. I asked my father for a special present for my 9th birthday – that he quit smoking.
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Patricia F. Prior to February 2008 my life was going great, and my Mom was my best friend.
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Peter M. My father, Constantine Malmberg, was a lifelong educator and school administrator, a World War II veteran, and a father of five, grandfather of eight. He received a lung cancer diagnosis two weeks after his 80th birthday celebration.
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Savannah C. My name is Savannah Cavanaugh and I am here on behalf of my grandfather: Dale Fortenberry Sr.
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Christy F. Let me start by saying there is no right or wrong way to handle being diagnosed with cancer. You have to do what's right for you.
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Victoria G. My mom, Doreen, the beautiful women in the picture, was just 55 years old when she was first diagnosed with lung cancer.
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Amy S. My story began when a CT scan I had due to a possible heart attack revealed a spot on my left lung.
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Michael H. On Friday, May 7, 2004, I received a call from my sister. Meg had come from a doctor’s visit because of nagging bronchitis. She was headed to the hospital for chest X-rays.
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Jalonna K. My name is Jalonna and October 1, 2022 my mother succumbed to lung cancer. This was less than 3 months after her initial stage 4 diagnosis.
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Sarah R. In November of 2018 my mother was diagnosed with Stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer that had spread to her brain.
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Nellie S. In July, when I was 27 years old, my 67-year-old dad was diagnosed with lung cancer.
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Rebecca D. My father Constantine Frithiof Malmberg was born in August of 1925. He died 80 years later on the Autumnal Equinox in 2005 of lung cancer.
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Laura R. In May of 2023 I was diagnosed with Stage IV NSCLC.
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Hazel C. On January 12, 2022, I went outside and inhaled the cold air in Ohio. I had a cough. Not a normal cough, but a bronchial cough. I know it all to well. I suffer from bronchitis most of my life.
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Jennifer P. Each year, more people die of lung cancer than colon, breast and prostate cancer combined, yet it receives the least amount of federal funding than any other cancer.
