Stories

The beginning - January 6, 2020 chest x-ray: The worse day of my life. For the first time, I saw the "octopus" in my chest. Following came the start of...

I was diagnosed with Covid late in the year in 2020 and had a lingering cough that I attributed to that. My daughter and I were in Boston visiting my...

Four years ago I went outside to play my ukulele. My left hand could not hit the strings correctly and would not do what i told it to do. I...

For about 7 months I was seeing an orthopedic doctor and therapist for a pain in my neck which did not get better. My PT said I should get an...

Hello! My name is Cathy. This is the first I've gone into detail. I use to keep a journal with all that went on, then I stopped. Back in July...

2019 started off rough for me. I was actively monitoring and assisting 3 of my elderly family members with no help from my siblings. There was my 90 year old...

I got sick when Covid started. We knew it wasn't Covid. I saw many specialist to see what was going on. I had a nagging cough, I was tired, I...

I have had NSCLC for almost 6 years now. I truthfully never thought after my original dx I would be alive this long. But after my PCP saw my chest...

I am 69 now and was diagnosed with Small cell Lung cancer in December 2021, extensive stage. I started chemotherapy and immunotherapy at the end of January, 2022. They were...

I was in a horrible car accident in December 2021. I suffered 4 broken ribs and a fractured sternum; which, according to the Trauma Surgeon treating me,'it takes an incredible...

On March 28th, I was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. Within 18 months, I lost almost 60 pounds. Other than occasional wheezing the weight loss was my only symptoms...

Age 71 and a lifetime full of stories to tell. I fought alcoholism early in life and survived it. I served in the United States Navy and became a positive...

40 years ago (next year), with 5 children, 10 grandchildren, I found the Love of my life; my husband, soul mate, best friend on my darkest Days, father of our...

In 2018, I submitted an in-depth synopsis of my lung cancer story, but I didn't want to continue that story which spans about the first year and 10 months of...

In 2019 I found out I had kidney cancer and had my left one removed. I thought I was fine and in July 2021 found out the kidney cancer went...

On December 29, 2020, I was taken to hospital in a diabetic coma. I was admitted and found out that stage 1 cancer right lower lobe lung. I took the...

I was diagnosed on January 19, 2020. How could I never smoke, be in good health and get Lung Cancer? I still sit back some days in disbelief that I...

I have inoperable stage 3B lung adenocarcinoma. I have been through chemo, 6 weeks of radiation, and one year of immunotherapy. During treatment, I had a small stroke and I...

Hi, My name is Linda. I was diagnosed last April 2020 in the midst of the pandemic. I had a history of lung nodules that were being followed up until...

Woke up one morning in Sept 2020 and could barely walk... For 6 months the only thing I knew is that I had some unknown immune disorder. After all kinds...