I am a lung cancer patient/survivor.
In 2011, my husband was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer at age 39. I was pregnant with our second child. He proceeded to undergo the approved standard treatment for that time. Unfortunately, he progressed fairly rapidly through multiple lines of treatment, and...
I am a caregiver or family member.
Our journey with lung cancer began in March 2016. I had just returned to work after having our beautiful baby girl. My husband Matt and I were finally starting to get the hang of this parenting thing when an appointment to get his vision checked changed our lives...
I am a lung cancer patient/survivor.
I was diagnosed with stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer on December 26, 2013. As a healthy, non-smoking woman in my 40’s, my neck pain and elbow stiffness was initially written off as caused by stress and overuse of my iPad when planning my son’s bar mitzvah! After...
I am a lung cancer patient/survivor.
I was a healthy, active, very busy 40-year-old mom, wife, and daughter. Lung cancer was nowhere on my radar. I was diagnosed with stage IV adenocarcinoma with metastasis to my bones on September 27, 2011. My life has taken a drastic change in the last 5 years, but not...
I am a lung cancer patient/survivor.
In the spring of 2014, I started having trouble with my shoulder that included some muscle atrophy and nerve pain. My physical therapist, John Graham, PT, suggested something bigger was going on and worried I might have a tumor somewhere in my right upper chest. He...
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