LUNG FORCE Heroes
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Alvy K. In his efforts to determine why I was experiencing "dizzy" spells, my neurologist ordered x-rays
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Allison R. My sister, Marilyn, was a gym teacher. She was always interest in all sports. In high school she played field hockey, golf, baseball,tennis, feature Baton Twirler, and dive team.
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Allison M.
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Allison H. When I married my husband, his father had recently been diagnosed with lung cancer. He was the best man in our wedding, with no hair.
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Allen M. My late wife, a long-time cigarette smoker, died of lung cancer
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Allana B. My Mom was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer on February 18 and was given 3 to 5 months to live.
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Alisa B. My name is Alisa and I am a lung cancer survivor. I was diagnosed with Stage 3 lung cancer at 43 years of age, in July of 2000, just a few months after my mom passed away of lung cancer. It still boggles my mind to this day that I was taking care of
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Alina C. I was diagnosed with Stage IV Lung Cancer in mid 2016; I never smoked cigarettes or marijuana and never used any type of recreational drugs. I’ve heard of other people having cancer but I never thought that I would be a victim.
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Alicia N. My mother passed away almost 3 weeks after of being diagnosed with stage 4 Lung cancer. We didn't have time to process the shock of the diagnosis and most of all to spend time with her. My family and I want to do this walk and many more in her honor
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Alicia M. I was about to sit down to dinner when the telephone rang. The caller was my doctor delivering a dread message: “I’m sorry to have to tell you,” he said quietly. Your tests show that you have non-small cell lung cancer.”
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Alicia K. The letters below were sent to the governor's office in Juneau, Alaska in 2015. They are my story. My mother passed away peacefully on September 23, 2015.
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Alicia K.
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Alice P. Coming home from an advanced step class, a telephone call from my PCP informed me that I had a sizable tumor on my skull that was working itself in. I had only slight pain in the area. My biggest symptom was that, when I brushed my hair, it sounded d
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Alice C. In October 2014, I was in the process of getting medically screened to donate a kidney to a friend of mine, when I got the call I never expected to get. "We think you have lung cancer."
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Alex L. My Mom was diagnosed with stage IV ALK+ lung cancer in July 2014. Her first symptoms seemed like she had an upper respiratory infection - a runny nose and bad cough. Having been a never smoker with no other risk factors, her doctors ran every test fo
