I am a lung cancer patient/survivor.
On June 21, 2012, at 5 p.m., a warm summer day, my life totally changed. Before that day, I was an architect and worked in an art gallery in Torino. I was single. I lived alone with my dog and my job was my life. I used to spend 14 hours a day working, and during my...
I am a caregiver or family member.
Montessa Lee’s story (copied below) was shared on the website “A Woman’s Health.” Montessa Lee was 28 years old when she was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer in December 2006 after two misdiagnoses. At the time, the special education...
I am a lung cancer patient/survivor.
I had been experiencing back pain for several months. In a 6 months span, I had been to a spine specialist, a hip specialist, and my general practitioner. I was sent away from each appointment with no answer for the pain. I was referred to another spine specialist...
I am a caregiver or family member.
I lost my husband, Dan, to lung cancer in April 2013. Dan had all the risk factors for lung cancer. He was a former heavy smoker, quit 11 years. He lost his sister to lung cancer when she was only 62, and Dan had COPD. In January 2011, I talked to our primary care...
I am a lung cancer patient/survivor.
I am a survivor! I was diagnosed with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer in November 2012, but this was not my first bout with cancer. 16 years earlier I had ovarian and uterine cancers simultaneously. Now, four years later, and after many chemotherapy and...
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