Stories

I knew I had COPD as I smoked 40 years. I had trouble breathing and first pulmonologist said it was all in my head. I fired him and my current...

I was diagnosed with Non-small lung cancer in October of last year stage 4. I've had multiple CT scans. I don't understand how they didn't catch it earlier. I'm starting...

My lung cancer was non-small cell stage 1. I was treated with radiation for another cancer and it was to help shrink this cancer also. It did, but not enough...

My husband was diagnosed with stage 4 extensive-stage small cell cancer 3 years ago. He was not a smoker and it has not been in his lungs. A massage therapist...

Last summer June of 2019 I wound up in the emergency room for AFib, a heart-related problem. While there,one of the blood tests came back a little high so I...

Yep, that's the best description of how it felt to get a stage IV non-small cell lung cancer diagnosis in January 2019, getting the rug ripped out from under me...

I was diagnosed with small cell carcinoma on January 30th 2020. I have finished my radiation of the lungs and also chemotherapy. They are suggesting having PCI. I'm trying to...

I was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in Jan 2014, and very blessed and thankful to be able to say I am a survivor. After 6 months of chemo...

Bronchoalveolar back then but now included in adeno. I was 64, now 79 and on Keytruda for 11 mos right now. My first treatment for cancer. Previously only surgeries: lobe...

When I was diagnosed with lung cancer, I thought to myself, “This is my worst nightmare.” It was August of 2018. My uncle had been diagnosed with lung cancer in...

Having suffered from double vision for 6 years and seen numerous specialists without a diagnosis or resolution I had resigned myself to this being the new normal. A fellow running...

On our around July 17th I wasn't feeling good. My son thought I had maybe suffered a mild stroke. They took me to the hospital. And found out to my...

I had recently at the time - June 2014 - hard hip replacement surgery. During my hospital stay my oxygen levels dropped! Took me immediately for CT Scan thinking I...

There are days I wake up and wish I had no cancer. Or that I was having a bad dream. What has cancer taught me? Do not take your life...

In May of 2015 I went for a low dose CT Scan, I had no symptoms or reason to believe that Lung Cancer was part of my life. The only...

I was diagnosed August 8th with adenocarcinoma stage 4 lung cancer. Started out being treated for pneumonia. It seemed to not be getting better so I saw my Dr, he...

Diagnosed 2012, lung cancer. I thank God for being there and bringing me through till now. Treatments, the loneliness at times. I'm now stage 4 doing maintenance treatments...

I was diagnosed with stage 1 small cell lung cancer on August 30th, just lost my son July 10th, I was devastated. Thank God it was only 17 mm. I...

My brother, Don Stranathan, was diagnosed 10 years ago with stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer. Over the years Don has become a tireless advocate for lung cancer awareness. I...

At the age of 48, my mom, Jill was diagnosed with Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Invasive Mucinous Adenocarcinoma (IMA). As a never-smoker with no symptoms, it was...