Shared Stories
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Jarell B. Hi, my name is Jarell. I was out of work for nearly two weeks, and this was the worst health scare of my life.
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Prisha M. My grandfather suddenly passed away a few years back in India due to COPD.
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Becky E. In February 2012, I was living in Seoul. I felt sick and was told I had pneumonia and the flu. After being hospitalized with hyponatremia, many tests were done.
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Harold K. I’ve had asthma since I was only 12 years old.
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Lane F. I was diagnosed with IPF in November 1999 via a lung biopsy.
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Lane F. I was diagnosed with IPF in November 1999 via a lung biopsy.
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Beth S. On 4-22-22, my grandson was born and rushed to the NICU with respiratory distress syndrome.
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Donna F. My husband, Mo, was very fortunate that seven years ago his primary care doctor was aware of the screening for lung cancer for high-risk individuals.
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G G. Approximately six years ago our next door neighbors built an outdoor fireplace with a chimney only 12' high.
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Madison C. I was one of the millions of adolescents that big tobacco companies successfully got hooked on nicotine.
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Amy B. This will be my 6th year participating in this amazing event.
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James L. Life changed for me in the summer of June 2018. It was a typical Saturday for a personal trainer; I instructed a bootcamp class, a boxing class and then decided to get my personal workout in which consisted of a few rounds of sparring.
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Skyler S. My story is about asthma. When I lived in Washington, I used to get frequent asthma attacks, most often from running or playing too hard, or extreme cold.
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Karla S. Karla was born as a twin in El Salvador in 1989.
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Mary Beth T. This is a message for former smokers who think, like I did all these years, that you beat lung cancer by quitting their nicotine habit.
