LUNG FORCE Heroes
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Maria S. As a 62 year old Nurse Practitioner, and being in healthcare for the past 40+ years, I was (I thought) in good health - no prescription medicine, exercising regularly and I ate a healthy diet.
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David B. After hearing my wife, Carol’s horrible cough for months on end, and watching her exhausted after bouts of coughing, I was sure if I never heard another cough again it would be fine.
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Valerie V. "Valerie, you have lung cancer." These words came through the phone, from the pulmonologist I had met with recently, and hit me like a ton of bricks.
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Chastity H. I was born and raised in Kentucky where I currently live with my husband and our three children. Never in a million years would I have believed I could get lung cancer because there is no history of the disease in my family and I have never smoked.
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Jennifer P. Each year, more people die of lung cancer than colon, breast and prostate cancer combined, yet it receives the least amount of federal funding than any other cancer.
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Megan N. I wasn't feeling well for a while, probably three years. I was tired, short of breathe and I kept getting hives.
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Shelley M. When I went to the doctor with pain in my lower right side, I never expected to find out that I had lung cancer.
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Esther V. My name is Esther and I am a FOUR time cancer survivor.
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Steven S. In the fall of 2019, while we were cleaning out her parent’s house to get it ready to sell, Joan had developed a dry cough.
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Heidi N. Being a lifelong health enthusiast, health educator, and fitness trainer, married to a primary care physician, my family and I were shocked when I was diagnosed with inoperable Stage IIIA lung cancer at the age of 55 in Oct. of 2018.
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Jan R. My husband Lyle was my best friend and much beloved by his family and friends. We nicknamed him The Lyle because he seemed capable of just about anything.
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Edward W. I thank God for the opportunity to share my story. In July 2020, a CT-SCAN revealed a nodule on the upper right lobe of my lung. The scan was a follow-up to squamous cell tonsillar cancer treated with radiation therapy in 2017.
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Anna H. In February 2021 I was diagnosed with stage 1 lung cancer. I had been having abdominal pain throughout 2020 and went to my primary care doctor.
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Delaram C. I was never a smoker but I was told I had six months to live when I was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer at the age of 44. I am a single-mom. My daughters were in first and third grades.
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Carla P. I was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2018, just two months after I gave up cigarettes for good.
