Stories

Cancer runs rampant in my family. I was 16 when I dropped out of high school to take care of my 52-year-old father who had squamous cell carcinoma of the...

Went to ER, felt like I couldn't breathe. It was bronchitis. However, the doctor said there was a small mass in my upper right lung. Long story short, in a...

"Thank you everyone" is my title, because I wouldn't have been able to do this by myself. Believe me it's so easy to get get in a funk with this...

Today, as I glance outside my window, I see the glorious colors of late October. They sting my eyes and warm my heart and soul. I treasure each moment of...

I have been a registered nurse for 30 years.  In those 30 years, I was exposed to every disease under the sun and never got sick.  I really thought I...

Age 47, diagnosed with Stage IV NSCLC Squamous on my birthday, December 2018. Started immediately on Keytruda because I have a PDL1 of 100%. Started getting a lot of bone...

After a long and exhausting battle with Doctor after Doctor trying to get answers to what was wrong with me, I finally had an answer. I was diagnosed on July...

I was diagnosed with stage 4 nsclc adenocarcinoma with brain mets in July of 2018. I’ve had successful brain surgery and Gamma-Ray knife radiation on the lesions in my brain...

It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Lisa Moran on June 6, 2023.  As a cherished member of LungCancer.net and a source of inspiration, Lisa generously...

Diagnosed in 2017 stage III, upgraded to stage IV in 2018 with NSCLC, has changed my perspective of life. Now I stop to smell the roses and appreciate things I...

My story actually started in November 2012 when I had what was supposed to be a simple operation for diverticulitis. Unfortunately, my surgeon couldn't sew to save his life. One...

On May 15th 2015 I drove myself to the hospital. I had been losing so much weight and every little smell made me have an asthma attack. When I arrived...

I have been in chronic pain for over 5 years due to a mistake in the OR. I got MRSA in my spine. It was horrible and I almost died...

My brother passed away after a year of having non-hodkins lymphoma. He was 52. Two months later I found out I had small cell lung cancer, That was 1 year...

My wife has stage 4non-small cell lung cancer. It has spread to her kidney and around her liver, in her right hip and left tabular, and 3 places in her...

Last year around this time I had a bad cough. November 8, I was diagnosed with stage 2 lung cancer and I have never been a smoker. January 28, 2019...

I was diagnosed 12 years ago early!! So important. Had lower right lobe removed and even though they got it all, did 3 months of chemo. It was truly a...

I had my lower right lobe removed in March it was cancer. Said they got it all. Lymph nodes all clear. Now a little over a year and they say...

Almost five years ago when I was diagnosed with Stage 3BNSCLC I promised myself that I would become a lung cancer advocate. In the almost five years I've become that...

Recently diagnosed with Stage IV adenocarcinoma in both lungs. I am optimistic about my treatment plan, which is a clinical trial with Stereotactic Radiation, and now 2 kinds of immunotherapy...