LUNG FORCE Heroes
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Sheila S. During October 2001, my mom, Ann, was busy enjoying life when she developed a peculiar cough that never improved, regardless of the medication or treatment she tried.
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Jeff S. I am here today asking you to protect the NIH, CDC, and Medicaid.
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Nancy D. My journey has really opened my eyes to the gaps in health awareness, especially when it comes to lung cancer. It's something that doesn’t get discussed enough, and I want to change that.
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Veronica M. My name is Veronica, and I live in Bloomfield Connecticut. I would like to share my story with you and the impact that lung cancer has had on my family.
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Chrystal W. The week before Thanksgiving 2018, my father went to the emergency room with severe dizziness, he couldn’t stand unassisted.
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Ann H. I had been experiencing a persistent, mildly irritating cough—“to clear my throat”—for several months. My physician assistant and I chalked it up to allergies.
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Richard S. C. My mother, Delores Inez Pollard Carter, was born on April 22, 1927, in Princeton, New Jersey. She was an educator, social worker, and artist.
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Kim W. Eleven years ago, my husband died from lung cancer.
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Glenna M. My life has been upended by cancer three times. The first for breast cancer and the 2nd and 3rd for lung cancer.
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Patt P. A random flyer in the mail, in 2016, advertising “Body Scans” for a reasonable price started my cancer journey.
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Lori B. My lung cancer journey began when my mom, Sheila Mays, contracted COVID shortly after a family vacation in September of 2022.
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Melinda M. I started receiving low-dose CT scans in 2015 because my insurance began covering them, and my primary care physician strongly recommended I get them.
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Matt B. When you are a couple, you work as a team to get through your busy lives. My wife, Emeli Bowers, and I were no different.
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Marissa M. I was diagnosed with lung cancer almost 10 years ago.
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Andre A. At the time, we did not know it, but our journey began with my wife Alesha’s persistent cough in 2017.
