LUNG FORCE Heroes
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Michelle L. I have lost 5 family members to lung cancer, including both parents. My father was the most recent, losing his battle in 2012. He had not smoked for 15 years. It was a total shock.
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Michelle D. My dad found out July 1, 2013 (just a month before his 68th Birthday, and less than a year after retiring from a family owned flooring business) that the "clearing of his throat" that he kept doing wasn't allergies...it wasn't valley fever...
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Michelle C. My name is Michelle and at 32 I was diagnosed with lung disease. My story begins in 2009. I married my best friend, my career took off, and I trained and completed the IronGirl.
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Michelle A. Since my initial lung cancer diagnosis in December of 2015, my life as I once knew has forever changed.
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Michele W. I was diagnosed with stage 1 lung cancer at the age of 46. I am a non-smoker, grew-up in a smoke-free home, not exposed to second hand smoke and no family history of lung cancer. My lung cancer was found on a CT scan while at the ER with blood clots
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Michele H. I was diagnosed with SCLC last May and have concluded chemotherapy and radiation (right lung) and Prophylactic Brain Irradiation. At this point there is no evidence of cancer where they have scanned me.
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Michele F. My sister in-law passed away in April after a 9 year battle with lung cancer.
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Michele B. I was diagnosed with NSCLC, Squamos, Stage 1B in October of 2017. You cant attach the word fortunate to the biggest cancer killer, but I am one of only 15% to be diagnosed that early in the disease. This is because of a simple scan that takes only 5
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Michael P. I'm Michael Pulli, a happy 69-year-old man that had severe Fibrosis. I have RA and five years ago I had a severe case of shortness of breath but didnt know what was going on. My regular doctor sent me to the emergency room and tests were started. The
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Michael P. My mom was diagnosed with lung cancer and was only given six months. She fought for two years after until she could no longer fight.
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Michael P. My mom was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in august of 2020 she is currently doing chemotherapy and immunotherapy treatments.
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Michael H. We all become involved with organizations like the American Lung Association for a variety of reasons. Everyone has a story to tell. I would like to take a few minutes and share my story with you as to why I got involved.
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Michael C. In 2014, my mom was diagnosed with lung cancer. I took to finding a way I could deal with this news.
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Meridith E. My mother has small cell lung cancer. She was diagnosed with it in April of 2015. She smoked two packs of cigarettes per day for over 40 years of her life. For years, my brothers and I tried to get her to stop smoking.
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Melody B.
