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Valerie H. Just over three weeks ago my brother drove himself to the emergency room with severe shortness of breath. He thought he was having a heart attack.

Valerie D. In the summer of 2012, my sister Eleanor Grace (who had relocated to California) came home to Hawai’i for a visit. During this time she spoke of a nagging cough she had “for a while and can’t seem to get rid of it.”

Valerie B. My story is about my dear husband who was diagnosed 15 years ago with squamous cell lung cancer. He was operated on by a world famous doctor at Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital in NYC. She removed an upper lobe of my husband's lung and it was decide

Ugarala G. I walk on behalf of my brother Curtis Garland Jr. My brother was wrongfully convicted and housed in a Texas prison called Beto Unit. Months before he was due to come home he began to experience traumatic asthma attacks in which he was rushed to a hos

Trish A. My name is Trish and I am 51 years old. Thanks to lung cancer, I am also a widow.

Tricia W. It was March of 2006 when I was first diagnosed with lung cancer, but I consider my journey unofficially starting June of 2005 when I was first diagnosed with pneumonia, strep and mono all at the same time.

Tricia L. Growing up I was never very athletic and got out of breath easily. As a cheerleader, I always struggled. Once in high school while playing soccer the coaches thought I was hyperventilating, and handed me a paper bag to breathe into to recover.

Tracy S. er primary care was treating her for asthma, which she never had in her life. Her swallowing of water made her cough but dr thought nothing of it. X-ray showed nothing,. She started having some back pain as well. She decided to not participate in the

Tracy O. My husband, Kevin, was diagnosed Stage IIIa squamous lung cancer in January 2015. radiation and chemotherapy RLL lobectomy many days he was very tired the radiation caused him soreness swallowing lost nearly 30 lbs. and his hair. . In August, he rece

Tracy F. Born in small-town Nebraska in 1941, my father began smoking cigarettes when he was a young adult. Our family photo albums are full of pictures showing my dad holding a cigarette or an ashtray strategically placed on the kitchen table nearby.

Tracey S. My mother passed away April 3, 2017 after a three-year fight with lung cancer. My grandfather passed away June 2, 2017 from lung cancer and my dad has COPD.

Tracey J. I wanted to share this story of the love of my life Joshua who was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer that spread to his brain and kidneys this last May.

Tracey E. My mother was diagnosed with Stage 1 lung cancer in May of 2015 just 5 months before my wedding.

Tracey B. My dad, 58 years old started having pain in his left side that would not go away. He recently was treated in the hospital for pneumonia three months earlier, so we just thought it was because of that.

Tonya R. My mom told me in December of 2017 that she had been diagnosed with Stage IV Lung Cancer. She had a persistent cough that would not go away which was why she decided to go to the doctor. It was at that time she was diagnosed.