LUNG FORCE Heroes
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Mia S. My initial symptoms began in 2019 with overwhelming fatigue, back and leg pain. My primary doctor recommended that I do stretching exercises and gave me pain medicine.
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Carlos R. I'm Carlos Ramirez, a single father to two thriving young adults. Life took an unexpected turn when Small Cell Lung Cancer disrupted our entire lives.
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Darcy E. Although I do not have lung cancer, its effects are very personal to me. I am a respiratory therapist and work in pulmonary rehabilitation and as a tobacco-free advocate. Every day I work with patients who have a history of lung cancer. They become l
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John G. My journey for lung began when I was not quite nine years old. I asked my father for a special present for my 9th birthday – that he quit smoking.
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Patricia F. Prior to February 2008 my life was going great, and my Mom was my best friend.
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Peter M. My father, Constantine Malmberg, was a lifelong educator and school administrator, a World War II veteran, and a father of five, grandfather of eight. He received a lung cancer diagnosis two weeks after his 80th birthday celebration.
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Savannah C. My name is Savannah Cavanaugh and I am here on behalf of my grandfather: Dale Fortenberry Sr.
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Christy F. Let me start by saying there is no right or wrong way to handle being diagnosed with cancer. You have to do what's right for you.
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Victoria G. My mom, Doreen, the beautiful women in the picture, was just 55 years old when she was first diagnosed with lung cancer.
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Amy S. My story began when a CT scan I had due to a possible heart attack revealed a spot on my left lung.
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Michael H. On Friday, May 7, 2004, I received a call from my sister. Meg had come from a doctor’s visit because of nagging bronchitis. She was headed to the hospital for chest X-rays.
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Jalonna K. My name is Jalonna and October 1, 2022 my mother succumbed to lung cancer. This was less than 3 months after her initial stage 4 diagnosis.
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Sarah R. In November of 2018 my mother was diagnosed with Stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer that had spread to her brain.
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Nellie S. In July, when I was 27 years old, my 67-year-old dad was diagnosed with lung cancer.
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Rebecca D. My father Constantine Frithiof Malmberg was born in August of 1925. He died 80 years later on the Autumnal Equinox in 2005 of lung cancer.