LUNG FORCE Heroes
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Portia B. “Portia, I want to do this.” These were the exact words from my mother (Sharonne L. Lopez) as she handed me the flier from the counter.
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Nancy l. It began when my primary physician ordered a CT scan to determine why I was having pelvic pain.
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Sam A. My name is Sam Akers, and I reside in Augusta, Georgia, with my wife and daughter, who is in her first year at Georgia Southern University.
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Melodee M. My lung cancer journey began on December 8, 2018 with a cough.
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Leanne W. Had my Dad, Leon Lee Wheeler, survived his NSCS lung cancer diagnosis, he would have turned 84 on March 1st.
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Jennifer C. My name is Jennifer Chikoyak. I have spent the last 18 years working to educate my fellow Alaskans about the health harms related to tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke because of my Grandma Shirley.
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James B. My lung cancer story starts with me being born to a mother who smoked during pregnancy. I was exposed to secondhand cigarette smoke up to the age of 18.
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Elizabeth S. I was a healthy mother of three, a wife, a Navy veteran, and a practicing Nurse Anesthetist of 37 years. My life abruptly changed on November 17th 2017. While at work I developed chest and neck pain.
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Elaine L. When something bad happens to someone you love very much, it becomes personal. When my 77-year-old mom was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2009, lung cancer became personal for me.
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Debbie A. During the COVID surge, the hospital where Debbie worked had finally received their low dose CT scan which was delayed for several months.
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April D. I have been a lung cancer advocate for three years after losing my sister Kimberley, a non-smoker, to Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in July 2020.
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Andrea S. My mother died of lung cancer at the young age of 44. I was only 10 years old when it happened and I recently turned 44 this last month.
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Sydney S. My interest in the LUNG FORCE and lung health found me when my grandfather died from lung cancer when I was 10.
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Bonnie C. I was a smoker for over four decades. My family doctor found out and got the ball rolling.
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Amanda H. I remember the day very well when we heard "We think it may be lung cancer." There was no way this could happen to my 53-year-old daddy. I felt hopeless, defeated, scared.
