Samantha Mixon
Samantha is 37 years old and currently lives on St. Simons Island, GA. After graduation from Georgia State University in 2002 with her Bachelors in Science with a concentration in Public Administration, she went on to become the HR Director for a subprime finance company on the outskirts of Atlanta. Towards the beginning of 2012, she began experiencing excruciating headaches and extreme fatigue. After many months of living like this, and not even a month after her 34th birthday, she was diagnosed with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer adenocarcinoma and tested positive for the EGFR mutation.
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I’ve been on my first-line treatment for stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer for over 6 years now. I have …
I completed the five rounds of recommended radiation over the course of two weeks. My parents live in Atlanta near …
When I started the online group for patients by patients, I didn’t realize how much it was in demand. So …
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When I found out I was pregnant with my daughter, I gave her father a choice. We weren’t married and …
Editor’s Note: The following article talks about a suicide that occurred in the author’s hometown, which may be upsetting to …
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Let me start at the beginning of my latest fiasco. I began getting headaches in November 2018. My next MRI was …
Just after my 33rd birthday, I was diagnosed with stage IV NSCLC adenocarcinoma with a positive EGFR mutation. At the time, …
