LUNG FORCE Heroes
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Charlie J. I had melanoma in 2002. A follow-up x-ray for skin cancer found spot on lung. I had a lobectomy in 2005.
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Charlene F. My pulmonologist recommended I get a CT Scan after treatment for a persistent cough lasting a couple of weeks which was thought to have been Bronchitis did not go away. I was diagnosed in March 2016 with stage 1 lung cancer. A biopsy showed that 10 o
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Channel W. It wasn't until I was diagnosed with lung cancer 2 years ago that I learned so much about this deadly cancer. I didn't know that it takes more lives than all the other cancers combined. I've never been a smoker.
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Chandra G. I have suffered from asthma since I was a child. Many people like to think that asthma is not that important or that is does not affect your day to day life.
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Cathy P. We found out today that my dad has stage IV non-small cell lung cancer. He was a perfectly healthy 79 year old man who started coughing in Nov. 2014. Doctors treated him for bronchitis but the antibiotics didn't help.
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Cathy P. In April or May 2017 I was at the Morning Drive office of Kern Radiology. I saw a Saved By The Scan sign in the waiting room. A couple of days later I received a letter from Kern Radiology telling me I was eligible for a low-dose CT scan at no cost t
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Cathy H. I smoked for 40 years, I was treated for asthma for many years. I had gotten pneumonia and was hospitalized. A doctor I received there was a pulmonary doctor and as soon as he saw me and examined me he stated, “There is no asthma, you have copd/empha
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Cathy B. "You have Stage 3 lung cancer." When I heard my diagnosis four and a half years ago, I immediately remembered my mother and her death from lung cancer 22 years ago. She died two weeks after her diagnosis while I remain cancer-free almost five years l
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Catherine W. My story came to life 11 years ago when I turned 30. I developed a chronic cough that took over my life. Turns out I had asthma, as an adult.
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Catherine W. If you are looking for a happy ending...do not read this story about my hero, my daughter, Tiffany.
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Cassie M. My name is Cassie Menn. When I was 35, my mother passed away from lung cancer. My mom, Susan, was my best friend. She worked at MD Anderson and was a marathon runner.
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Cassie C. I was feeling bad one day at work in early June and went across the street to the drug store, had my blood pressure taken by the pharmacist and it was high and I was told to call my family doctor. I am a very healthy person, so having high blood pres
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Carolyn W. Lung cancer was diagnosed in the love of my life in Nov 2010; he passed in Jan 2011.
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Carolyn W. Approximately a year after quitting a 25 year smoking addiction in 1988, I trained as an American Lung FFS Facilitator and facilitated the program at area hospitals and in the corporate setting for many years.
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Carolyn P. My husband was diagnosed with cancer in November 2009 at which time his left lung was removed. He required no chemotherapy or radiation.
