Stories

Alice S Pratt June 11, 2019 On that Christmas of 2016, I watched my beloved eldest sister artistically play the piano. It was our family tradition to sing Christmas carols...

While recuperating from surgery #2, I thought it was time to take my lung cancer diagnosis seriously and do some research. The more I learned, the more disappointed, angry, and...

My husband passed in 2017 after having kidney failure; he refused to have dialysis. We had hospice care at home for him. I had a lot of adjusting to do...

Sept. 2013 was the start of a trip into darkness. But I'm 73, healthy, active, it can't be lung cancer, it is my nose. It is allergies... Thus began the...

I QUIT smoking when I was 58 years old. I was getting colds almost constantly. It seemed as if I couldn't ever feel really well. I had a PFT test...

Until my lung cancer diagnosis in May of 2018 and subsequent treatments, I was on the tennis court at least 4 or 5 days per week. I fell into tennis...

I was diagnosed at age 56 with stage IVNSCLC in Oct 2013. Yes, I’m still here and going strong. After 2 yrs of IV chemo, I was able to go...

I was admitted to the emergency room on March 23, 2019 with severe abdominal pains. I was quickly diagnosed with pancreatitis which didn't alarm me since I knew little about...

My husband, son and I were driving home from visiting my mother for Mother's Day and the traffic was awful! Traffic came to a sudden stop with the exception of...

My work company used to do chest x-rays on an annual basis. This was stopped. After about 3 years I realized I hadn't had one. I asked my doctor to...

Last April, had my regular checkup, doctor was happy that I lost some weight, but after all blood work, she told me it was all good. Then 4 months later...

My stories started in six years and four months. I had a bad infection went to ER they done a chest xray. The Dr found a small spot on upper...

My story begins in August of 2017. I ‘was’ a busy 51 year old mom of 6, ages ranging from 33 to 11 and grandmother of 1 beautiful 8 year...

I was recently asked “how do you balance your cancer and career while being a mom”? I was flattered to be asked because the question assumed I had struck the...

I had a spot on my upper left lobe, that was found by accident, and was told by one doctor that I needed to have my entire upper left lobe...

I am 61 years old and diagnosed with stage 4 squamous NSCLC in May of 2018. Since I heard the diagnosis in a small cramped examination room at the Ottawa...

May 2012 lung nodules were discovered accidentally after having an MRI for an unrelated issue. February 2013 had a left upper lobe to my to remove a remove a 2cm...

My journey started in November 2012 when I had surgery for "severe diverticulitis." The surgeon wound up removing a small section of intestine that was twisted instead of removing the...

My son Michael John 33 years old on October 29th 2018 was given the sad news of Colorectal cancer spread to his right lung and liver he is married no...

Six years ago I was involved in a head on truck accident. Hurt my knees, back and neck. X-rays than an MRI showed growths on my thyroid, that's it. Doctor...