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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...
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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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I lost my mom on February 10, 2017, and my dad on June 20, 2017 – both to small cell adenocarcinoma and both in the right lung. They both ended up with brain mets, and this was a life changing year for my family. We are a very close-knit family, and this took...
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On November 2, 1931, on a farm in County Mayo, Ireland, my mother, 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 her father simply had...
I am a caregiver or family member.
In 2011, Dr. Elad Shilo, a 47-year-old meteorologist at the Israel Meteorological Institute, was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer and shocked his wife Shani and their children, ages six and nine. During the struggle for his life, Shani founded The Israel Lung...
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Most people don’t know if they are living with an invisible carcinogen–radioactive radon gas–in their homes, we surely didn’t until it was too late. We were stunned and numb when the oncologist told us that my husband, Joe, had lung cancer and...
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