I am a lung cancer patient/survivor.
The week before I turned 40, my husband and I took a one-way flight from Los Angeles to Hong Kong – eager for new adventures. A month later, I was diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that had spread to the brain, eye and over a dozen lymph nodes in...
I am a lung cancer patient/survivor.
I am a wife, a mother, a sister, a daughter, a best friend, a nurse and a survivor living with lung cancer. This is my story. In February 2017, I was diagnosed with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer at just 49 years old. Prior to my diagnosis, I was living with a...
I am a caregiver or family member.
On November 2, 1931, on a farm in County Mayo, Ireland, Kathleen O’Connor was born. She was one of seven children, and she learned at a very young age how tough life can be. Her mother died when she was 11 and she, her siblings and father simply had to do what...
I am a lung cancer patient/survivor.
On July 19, 2016, I went to urgent care because of unresolved chest pain I had been experiencing for about a week. One night it hurt to breathe, the next day was better and the next day better still; yet it didn’t totally resolve and my intuition told me to follow up...
I am a caregiver or family member.
On November 5, 2019, it will be two years that my dad has been gone. The fact that this happened during Lung Cancer Awareness Month is all the more reason to share his story, as no one should ever have to suffer like he did. My father was diagnosed with lung cancer in...
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