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August 28 will be three years since I was knocked in the head! On that day while riding my bicycle I took a fall and suffered a severe concussion/moderate traumatic...

I received a diagnosis of lung cancer in 2001 and had surgery to remove the tumor and then radiation to ensure they got it all. During my recovery time I...

Hi, unfortunately I have Lung Cancer which totally rocked my world. Had a heart attack 04/28/2016 sent by ambulance to larger hospital in Des Moines IA. Drs performed angioplasty but...

Prior to my diagnosis, I had been actively pursuing a return to a career that I had walked away from seven years earlier. After a 25 year span of working...

At the young age of 36, I was in the middle of getting adjusted to my new life. I had just gotten remarried in June 2015 to the love of...

If you were to ask me years ago when lung cancer month was I would have said "I have no clue." I know now because 9/3/13 I had the upper...

On Labor Day, 2016, called my daughter so she could take me to see the doctor, as I wasn't feeling too good. She came with my granddaughter and after a...

Thought I was having a heart attack, went by ambulance as instructed priorly. Heart tests showed was possibly panic attack but there was a visible spot in right upper lung...

My story begins in April 2016. I was experiencing pain on my right side. The pain would radiate thru my side into my back and on the right side of...

I was diagnosed with nsclc on April 24, 2015. I was diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer. I had 14 rounds of a very strong chemo that effected my heart...

The way my lung cancer story starts is not unique. After a couple of months of some odd symptoms - a cough, constipation, and shortness of breath if I squatted...

I was diagnosed with Stage IIIbAdenocarcinoma on April 18, 2014. This is the official date but my journey actually started on February 20, 2014. Approximately mid January 2014, I started...

Hello there …. my name is Alisa Brenes and I am a 16-year Stage 3 lung cancer survivor. I guess you can say my lung cancer journey started before I...

I was dx with Stage 4 Lung Cancer in June of 2009. Since then I have done radiation, six cycles of chemotherapy Taxol, Carbo and Avastin for the lung cancer...

It was in Sept 2015 when I heard a gurgling, a bubbling if you will, when I exhaled. A voice in my head told me to get it checked, it...

On a beautiful Tuesday morning in September 2005, a compassionate physician sat in front of me, his warm, brown eyes just inches from mine. He spoke the words frankly, yet...