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LUNG FORCE Heroes
Why We Fight…
Our LUNG FORCE Heroes inspire, encourage and empower us to raise our voices for lung health. Read about their personal experiences with lung disease, and become a LUNG FORCE Hero by sharing your story.
Kristi C.
I lost both my mom and my grandma to lung cancer, and they were not smokers. Within six weeks of diagnosis, after just a...
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My mother passed away April 3, 2017 after a three-year fight with lung cancer. My grandfather passed away June 2, 2017...
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In March 2017, I went to see my GP for coughing and he suggested I get a lung x-ray, which I haven't had in years. Didn't...
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Mary M.
My mother was a smoker all of her life. She died three years ago of lung cancer. This is the most difficult thing to go...
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My name is Angela. I'm 46 year old. I first was impacted by lung cancer at an early age seven, to be exact. I lost my...
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My high school classmate found out three years into their military career that he had lung cancer. He never smoked a day...
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