Saved By The Scan Shared Stories
Our LUNG FORCE Heroes who share their screening stories inspire others to take action.-
Linda T. My name is Linda and I am a 60-year-old wife, mother and grandmother. I want to shout from the rooftops how low-dose lung screening saved my life.
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Janna D. My primary care doctor ordered a scan for me many years ago, after I had been smoking for about 40 years.
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Donna F. My husband, Mo, was very fortunate that seven years ago his primary care doctor was aware of the screening for lung cancer for high-risk individuals.
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Mary Beth T. This is a message for former smokers who think, like I did all these years, that you beat lung cancer by quitting their nicotine habit.
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William S. I quit smoking in May 2018 and started getting yearly lung cancer screening scans in November 2018; they never showed any problems with my lungs.
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Patt P. A random flyer in the mail, in 2016, advertising “Body Scans” for a reasonable price started my cancer journey.
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Melinda M. I started receiving low-dose CT scans in 2015 because my insurance began covering them, and my primary care physician strongly recommended I get them.
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Linda T. Wow I don’t even know where to start other than I am the perfect advocate for low dose lung screening as it saved my life.
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Tracy V. I’m writing today to share why getting a CT lung scan is so important.
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Lowell J. I smoked cigarettes, on and off for 40 years. At my annual physical, my primary doctor, said I should get scanned. He saved my life by doing so.
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Carla G. I was screened on my own, as I had been a smoker for 38 years, having quit for eight at that time. My cancer was caught at stage one and I had the top lobe of my lung removed.
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Karen A. I got screened last week with a low dose CT and it showed Stage-1 Emphysema.
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Karen B. I am now a very lucky lung cancer survivor. This is due to early detection that only required surgery and no additional treatments.
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Karen B. I am now a very lucky lung cancer survivor.
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Sharon A. I was recently diagnosed with lung cancer (carcinoid tumor) and had 1/3 of my lower left lung removed in May, 2024.