Historias compartidas
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Mary B. In Jan. 2013 I had a CT prior to an endo/colonoscopy to determine the reason for abdominal pain. I found our I had gallstones and needed surgery.
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Marvin C. Just a little over two years ago in mid-July 2015, I developed double-vision in my right eye only. Initially, various doctors thought it was diabetes related or a neuromuscular disorder (Myastenia Gravis).
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Martha S. In August of 2008, at 65 years old, I was undergoing physical therapy at a medical facility where I noticed a poster advertising low dose CT scans for early detection of lung cancer
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Marjorie L. My husband insisted I get a chest x-ray (which the doctor didn't think I needed) because even though I was getting over the flu, he said my cough sounded different.
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Mariann C. I joined the LUNG FORCE Walk because I was diagnosed in October 2015 with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. I can't believe October 2020 will be 5 years since I received the life changing diagnosis of lung cancer.
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Maria R.
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Maria R. My name is Maria and I was diagnosed with Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD). My story begins back in 2008. I was getting sick a lot with pneumonia and colds.
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Lynn N. Three years ago I fell and had to go to the hospital. I had a chest X-ray to check for broken ribs. There were none. But they found a carcinoid tumor on the middle lobe of my right lung. I had surgery to remove the entire middle lobe of my lung.
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Loretta W. I was a 45 year smoker. It was common for me to have Bronchitis every six months or so. One episode lasted six months. I already had CT scans that showed nodules in my left lung.
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Lionel M. I'm now 62 years old and thanks to my doctor I will be able to see 63 and more.
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Linda W. I never smoked and I got lung cancer. My local doctors ignored my symptoms of shoulder pain and a chocking cough.
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Linda P. My sister-in-law was screened, they detected cancer. They removed it and she did not have to have any radiation or chemo, just check in every year. I had my first scan, they are watching a spot.
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Linda D. I am an RN who works on lung cancer screening at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Here is my story about why and how I became an advocate for lung cancer screening.
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Laurence K. My doctor urged me to have it done being I had cancer three times before and beat it. So I had it done and sure enough they found a tumor a centimeter big and sure enough it was cancer.
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Laura D. My doctor asked if I wanted to do the low-dose screening and I said yes. The scan wasn’t intimidating at all, in fact I never thought there would be anything wrong at all.
