Lung Cancer Stories

The power in my story is my faith in prayer. I had the best oncologists and radiation technicians. I also knew God had his hand in their decision for the amount of radiation I needed and the type and amount of chemotherapy I needed. Friends and family had prayer chains …

“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. …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …