I am a lung cancer patient/survivor.
It was around Christmas 2016 when I started having trouble swallowing food. The problem continued so I went to see a doctor. I was examined and given tablets for acid re-flux but was also sent for a routine chest X-Ray at Burton Queens Hospital. Shortly after...
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...