Few people want to hear the news that they have lung cancer. The startling statistics are that one out of every fourteen people will be diagnosed with lung cancer at some point in their life. Not surprisingly, smoking plays a role in many cases of lung cancer and some people diagnosed with this disease think it’s too late to quit after they’re found to have cancer - but this isn't necessarily the case.
Read More »Churee’s Story (Breast Cancer)
At 27, I was diagnosed with breast cancer, BRCA gene, HER2-positive, Stage 2. So I went through 8 rounds of aggressive chemotherapy and 35 rounds of radiation, a double radical mastectomy, 2 reconstruction surgeries, and a total hysterectomy in a year and a half’s time. Every doctor assured me it …
Read More »Jennifer’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Lung Cancer)
“At the top of my lungs,” this phrase has a whole new meaning for me now. I’ve always thought of myself as a top-of-my-lungs kind of girl, yet that’s the very part of my body that has betrayed me. The top of my left lung. That’s where the tumor is. …
Read More »Jeri’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Lung Cancer)
A year ago, when I started coughing nonstop, I never dreamed I’d be diagnosed with lung cancer. I thought I was having allergy problems. I went to my allergy doctor every couple of weeks getting inhalers, antibiotics, and taking breathing test, with no results. I couldn’t understand why I was …
Read More »Brenda’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Lung Cancer)
I went into the ER in March of 2012 thinking I had pneumonia, but in the end I found out it wasn’t. On March 21, 2012 , my anniversary, I found out I had cancer, stage 3B, in my left lung and lymphoid. At first I went through a wide …
Read More »Terri’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Lung Cancer)
I am a 4 year lung cancer warrior, and 7 year vulvar cancer (very rare) warrior. I am 51. I am married. I also have 2 daughter’s, and 5 grand babies! Looking back I can hardly believe those month’s of test and worry if it was going to come back, …
Read More »Johnsie’s Fight Like a Girl Story
It’s coming up on the 2nd anniversary of my mothers death, 2 days after my birthday! I truly believe that, even though she had health problems, that she died from a broken heart. Although, my parents had been divorced for 26 years, she still loved my Father! The thing is …
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