LUNG FORCE Heroes
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Catherine S. I am a never smoker who was diagnosed with Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of my left lung in May of 2020.
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Bob B. I was told I had smoldering multiple myeloma years ago. I have been tested every six months since, the progress stays the same.
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Laverne C. MUCINOUS ADENOCARCINOMA; this was the lung cancer type that I had.
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Tracy G. The picture of health, active, health conscious and all natural were all words used to describe Tracy.
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Angela Y. My story is about how lung cancer affected my mother’s life.
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Violet L. My name is Violet Lowrey and I am the Director of Student Service at Keiser University Fort Lauderdale. I've signed up to be a part of the LUNG FORCE initiative to make a difference in the lives of people impacted by lung disease.
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Emily P. My dad, Dana Potter fought a hard battle with lung cancer with dignity and grace for over two years.
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Rebecca M. My story starts in 2014 when I started to have breathing trouble. I went to the hospital as a precaution. After several CT scans and explorative surgery, my pulmonologist found the benign nodules in both lungs. Since then, I have continued to thrive
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Clemente P. Early detection of lung cancer, as with all cancers, is important to me because it saved my sister’s life - on 3 separate occasions!
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Mackena B. My papa was always my biggest fan and came to nearly all my races. When he was diagnosed with lung cancer, we were devastated. Just six weeks later, heaven gained an angel. In honor of my papa’s memory, I have joined LUNG FORCE to fight the #1 cancer
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Barbara B. My father has COPD. He has been a smoker since a young age and it is severely limiting his adult life.
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Sandra H. I have lost my grandfather, one uncle, one aunt, and have one aunt that survived lung cancer and now have another aunt starting radiation and chemotherapy for it. We have got to find a cure.
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Sandra H. I have had 2 close friends die from emphysema and one from lung cancer. I have asthma from bronchitis and have to "inhale" before any exercise. I have never smoked!
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Sandra H. Hi, my name is Sandy Helmin-Clazmer. My story dates back to 1987. I was teaching in Racine, Wisconsin and was finishing my last semester of grad school. During that time, I was plagued with a dry chronic cough and frequent bouts of laryngitis.
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Robin S. I was diagnosed on Mothers Day on May 9, 2013 with stage 4 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. It has now metastasized to my brain - I'm still fighting!
