LUNG FORCE Heroes
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Andrea E. I lost my mom four years ago to lung cancer. At the time I didn’t know the devastating statistics surrounding this disease, especially in women. I also didn’t know how quickly the disease can progress if not diagnosed early.
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Andrea B. There are two things that add to the grief I feel after losing my husband, Dan, to lung cancer in April 2013. The first is that he blamed himself for his disease because he once smoked. The second is that he would have been an ideal candidate for scr
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Anastasia E. Through secondhand smoking, I got chronic asthma. All 3 kids had numerous mysterious ear bleeds, which were attributed to secondhand smoking later on. My dad finally quit. But, he coughed up blood on our white kitchen sink one night. Months later, he
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Amy R. I was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer at age 41. My story began with a cough that lasted 6 weeks. I am a Registered Nurse and mother of two young children, ages 7 and 3. I didn't have time to get sick, and I was too stubborn to go to the doctor.
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Amy P. I lost my dad to lung cancer in 1978
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Amy L. In August of 2013 my mom went in for a routine chest xray prior to a hip replacement. In that film they discovered a mass on the upper right lobe of her lung. Further testing confirmed stage 4 small cell lung cancer that had metastasized to her bones
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Amy Z. I can still remember exactly how it happened. My Dad called my oldest brother over to our house and sat us down together at the kitchen table with my Mother. He explained to us "I'm very sick".
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Ami M. My mom was diagnosed with stage 4 small cell lung cancer in June of this year. We had no idea that she was sick until she was really down. She has been through chemo and radiation and is still fighting. As my mom says she has on her boxing gloves!
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Amelia B. I was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2010. Adenocarcinona Stage II. After a pneumonectony of the right lung and three rounds of chemotherapy - non consecutive - I was a mess. It has taken eight years of self discovery and self help to get functioning.
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Amber P. When I was about 7 years old, I remember my mom coming into the kitchen in tears, her mother and my Nana was just diagnosed with stage four lung cancer.
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Amanda S. My father was first diagnosed with COPD January 2003, there were small spots on his lungs. As this terrible disease progressed, it slowly took away from him so many things.
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Amanda P. My grandfather was diagnosed with Stage 3C lung cancer in 2010
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Amanda H. My mom battled COPD for 14 years before being diagnosed with lung cancer. It was a long hard road for her as well as her family members. We walk in the LUNG FORCE Walk in her memory and continue her fight for awareness.
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Amanda C. I lost my father to stage four lung cancer just ten days after he was diagnosed. We watched as he rapidly withered away, cough by cough. In just 240 hours, he was gone.
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Alyssa B. My family is insanely close. We are lucky enough to genuinely enjoy each other's company. We look forward to holidays and get togethers because they're always filled with loud, and usually inappropriate, laughter.
