LUNG FORCE Heroes
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Joy S. "Smoke-Free Law" in the apartments! This makes no sense: "Smoking law in the apartments" "Grand Father’s" apartments are allowed to smoke!
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John F. My name's John and I quit smoking in 2007. I had smoked a pack a day for almost 30 years up to that point. In early 2019, my wife and I read an article about low-dose CT scanning. Knowing first hand from experiences with relatives how horrible cancer
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John A. In April 2013, an on the job injury to my left shoulder resulted in multiple X-rays, one showed a spot on my left lung.
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Joe V. I turned 65 this year. I quit smoking 5 years ago on my 60th Birthday. But prior to that I smoked a pack a day for over 40 years.
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Jo Ann J. I quit smoking after many decades on October 2, 2017, cold turkey. Woke up that morning, made a cup of coffee and lit one of three cigarettes in the pack. Started coughing about half way through and couldn't seem to stop, so I put it out. Lit it back
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Jessamy S. I have high cholesterol and always have. It must be genetic, because I am not overweight. Heart disease runs in my dad’s family, so I wanted to check my arteries.
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Jenny J. I am currently LIVING with lung cancer. That is something I couldn't have imagined 7 1/2 years ago when I was first diagnosed with stage IV NSCLC.
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Jennifer K. My name is Jen. I am 47 years old and was diagnosed on April 13, 2018 with Stage 4 Lung Cancer. To say that this was a shock is an understatement as I have never smoked a day in my life.
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Jennifer K. After my husband passed away from lung cancer at age 35, I vowed that I would never let his memory fade.
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Jeanne B. During the last week of the summer in 2014 I was feeling like I had the flu. The problem was I kept getting sicker with each passing hour. After feeling this way for four days, never being one to rush to a doctor, I went to the local emergency room.
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Jeanne B. March 2015 I woke up with intense pain in my stomach. I rushed to the hospital where I had my gall bladder removed. The doctor gave me my X-rays and told me to see my primary doctor right away. There were two nodules on my right lung.
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Jan R. My husband Lyle was my best friend and much beloved by his family and friends. We nicknamed him The Lyle because he seemed capable of just about anything.
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Jan P. I was diagnosed with stage 3A lung cancer in 2007. My father died of lung cancer at age 74, so you can imagine how frightened I was with my own diagnosis.
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Jacquelyn B. I went to my regular physician for my annual check up. My weight was fine with no loss or gain, no hypertension, blood pressure excellent, heart rate well within normal limits. I was feeling great! My husband and I exercised daily, walking up and dow
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Glenna M. My life has been upended by cancer three times. The first for breast cancer and the 2nd and 3rd for lung cancer.
