I am a lung cancer patient/survivor., I am an individual patient advocate.
It’s not unusual to develop a cough during winter in New England, but mine wouldn’t go away. Hours after my doctor diagnosed acid reflux, I began coughing up blood. At age 46, I was diagnosed with stage 3A squamous non-small cell lung cancer. My husband was somewhere...
I am a caregiver or family member., Uncategorized
My mother, Joann Baratelli, turned 60 years old on April 28, 2015 and her doctor informed her that she was in the best health of her life. He said whatever she was doing, to keep doing it.Two weeks later she woke up with no voice. When she called her doctor he said it...
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...
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