LUNG FORCE Heroes
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Diane S. I recently heard that three friends my age, who had stopped smoking at about the same time as I, had been diagnosed with lung cancer. We are all in our mid-70s, and stopped smoking in...the mid-70s.
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Diane M. I was a diagnosed in December 2014 after getting X-rays for a sore shoulder. Thought I was dealing with a shoulder issue since I have played and coached volleyball.
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Diane G. In April 2010, my husband Bob was diagnosed with stage for non-small cell lung cancer.
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Diane B. I was in the National Lung Screening Trial at the University of Michigan. This is the study that has prompted all the billboards and other reminders for former smokers to "get the scan." As a former smoker, when they called for volunteers in 2003, I
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Diane A. About six years ago my local medical center offered a free low-dose CT scan of the lungs. I decided, as a former smoker, who smoked for almost 40 years that I should do it.
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Diane G.
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Diana M. I am a 51 year old female and this past August I was diagnosed with stage 2 lung cancer. On the 28th of October I had half of my lung removed.
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Diana H. I lost my mom in 2007 to lung cancer at the age of 63. One year later, I lost my sister. She was 45 years old and had lung cancer.
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Diana A.
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DeWitt H. Lung cancer took my wonderful brother Richard from his wife and extended family when he was only 56. That's been 12 years ago, but of course I think of him very often.
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Deterice M. I walk and support lung cancer after finding out my mother had it. I often read about lung cancer and how the disease has affected so many lives.
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Deterice C. I lost my mother to lung cancer June 26, 2018, the hardest thing in life. It hurt to see her suffer but it hurt even more to see her pass away.
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Denny H. On September 12, 2015, I lost my best friend, my soul mate and my husband of 25 years, Jack Hovious. Jack was diagnosed with stage 4, small cell lung cancer in December of 2014. He lost his life nine months later.
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Dennis O. Being diagnosed with Stage IV non-small cell lung cancer in December, 2011, I thought I was given a death sentence.
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Denise Z. If this was five years ago I’d be dead. If my doctor didn’t suggest a lung scan I could be dead. If my oncologist, radiation therapist, nurses, and others on my medical support team weren’t so fiercely committed to saving lives I might be dead. If I
