LUNG FORCE Heroes
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Elsie "Gaylene" G. As a child I was sick a lot and was diagnosed with asthmatic bronchitis with bronchial pneumonia over and over again. I think I may have been destined to have lung cancer no matter what I did because of this. I developed a cough in late 2016 that con
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Elsie A. When my baby sister was like 2 years old her baby food went inside her lungs. I have a question how does baby food get into your lungs when your 2 years old.
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Ellen S. Our story is about BOOP; a short story, sadly too short. The love of my life, Pat, and I were best friends, he was my rock - a large burly man full of life.
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Ellen S. I am a retired oncology nurse by profession. I can not count the times I have witnessed the devastation a cancer diagnosis brings to a patient and their families. Smoking is usually the root of ones lung cancer diagnosis. It can lead to other illness
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Ellen S. Late in 2013, 930 miles apart, I sat on the other line of a phone call that changed our lives. My mom had just been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer that had metastasized to her lymph nodes and adrenal gland. I sat in stunned silence as the doctor
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Elizabeth Z. My Aunt Cathy began smoking before she knew the risks. She was young and it was a time when smoking was promoted as a glamorous activity.
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Elizabeth V. I have taught asthma education to parents and patients since 2001. But in the last six months I have had to learn about a different lung disease, lung cancer. My husband is still getting chemo. This is why I walk for the LUNG FORCE!
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Elizabeth T. Dad started when he was only 12 years old, long before people knew smoking caused cancer. By his 30s he was smoking 3-4 packs a day of Pall Mall. We were little then and we actually liked the smell of tobacco on his clothes, because when he was aroun
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Elizabeth R. My husband's story is sadly typical; it all started with a cough. It could be heard throughout the house and he was incapacitated by it. At first they thought it was bronchitis, when it became bloody they tested for TB.
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Elizabeth P. My Grandmother was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer in September 2012. She was gone six weeks later. She passed away two days before Thanksgiving.
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Elizabeth M. I was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer in May 2019. At the time, I had a 6 month old and 2.5 year old. We were devastated and completely blindsided.
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Elizabeth H. In 2010, I broke my collarbone. A pre-op X-ray showed something on my lung. I had it checked and biopsied and it was diagnosed as lung cancer. I had the upper node of my left lung removed, which removed all of the cancer. It was staged as 1B non-smal
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elizabeth B. When I was 4 my father would put something in his mouth, I thought blow on it, and put it in the ash tray. When he put me in the car, he’d light one up, at first it smelled kind of sweet.
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Elisabeth L. My Mimi was just 63 years old when she heard the devastating words "you have stage iv non-small lung cancer."
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Elisabeth B. I had always been a nervous person so naturally I took up smoking. My parents smoked and they were from the thirties so they did not yet know the harm.
