LUNG FORCE Heroes
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Gene D. My roller coast ride started no where near an amusement park. It was Columbus Day weekend of 2014 and I started to experience severe pain on the lower left side of the chest. I went to my primary care physician who ordered a chest x-ray.
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Gale H. I am a 56 yr old woman. I smoked for 33 year. This year I went for my physical and my doctor recommended that I get the CT scan on my lungs because I was a smoker.
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Gail O. I’ve never smoked, so I knew I’d never get lung cancer.
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Gail M. My first recollection of my mother was with a cigarette in her hand. She smoked over 3 packs a day. Imagine this, being in a car with the windows up and experiencing second hand smoke, one cigarette lit over and over again.
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Gail C. When I went to the ER in May 2011 with an acute GI problem, I never expected to be told that the CT scan they had done had detected a lung nodule (unrelated to the GI problem).
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Gail B. I had a slightly heavy feeling in my chest and I wasn't sure what it was. I thought perhaps it was a panic attack, even though I was not anxious about anything. I did not have a constant heaving feeling, I would only feel it occasionally.
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Gabrielle T. Lung Cancer non-smoker Father symptoms back pain ribs mass in lung spread stage IV
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Frida O. In March 2015, Frida O. thought she had walking pneumonia -- she had a low-grade fever and a cough that lasted for months.
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Frank S. Last year on November 2, my mom became ill when she came home from work. She felt dizzy, and parked her car crooked when she arrived home.
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Frank S. I'm 38 years old and have been surviving a stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis since June 2014. So much of lung cancer advocacy has been about smoking cessation, but I'm here to tell you that non-smokers get lung cancer too!
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Frank l. I was a volunteer responder on 9/11 and was present at ground zero for over 2 months. In February, 2006 I was diagnosed with my first of 3 primary lung cancers.
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Frank C. In Dec. 2009 I went for my annual physical, all went well. I had a new doctor as mine had retired. By chance he gave me a chest x-ray.
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Frank C. Let me start by saying I've never smoked or been around folks that smoke. Two days before Thanksgiving 2015 I broke out in hives...200-300 hives, which led me to my dermatologist. I'd had chronic hives for years, but they'd been under control.
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Franisha A. I've lost both of my grandmothers to lung cancer and my aunt has lung and throat cancer. I greatly admired all of these women for their courage and strength and their will to never give up.
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Frances F. I was dignosed with COPD over 6 years ago! A long with the patch I quit smoking! I did the walk last year and was impressed! I love walking and meeting people with this disease and the dreaded C word! I would love to find a better breathing club.
