Cissy was diagnosed 8 years ago at age 32, three years into her marriage and four months after welcoming her son. She had a large brain tumor (7 smaller) and stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). She was STK-11, KRAS, ALK and EFGR negative. Her initial prognosis...
My name is Robert Lovett and I was diagnosed with stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer on September 12th, 2022. When I was first diagnosed with cancer, I thought it was the end because I lost my mother to cancer. However, my team explained to me that the diagnosis didn’t mean it was the end with the advances in treatment that exist today. If it hadn’t been for my team, I honestly would have given up.
“To know Jenn is to love her,” said Jenn Bohlander’s friend Colleen Pirozzi. From traveling to Antarctica twice in her role as Scientific Programmer at University of Colorado Boulder and receiving the Congressional Antarctic Service Medal for her work there, to completing several marathons and a triathlon, Jenn’s list of accomplishments is notable.
I am a Lung Cancer survivor. On January 8, 2017 I had chest pains. These weren’t new but they were different and actually I had been having intermittent chest pains but they always went away. This time seemed different, and my daughter insisted that I go to the ER.
My name is Barbara and I am a 43-year-old two-time cancer survivor. I have lost 4 family members to lung cancer over a 10-year period starting at age 27, including my dad, uncle, grandmother and my mother. I was also the caregiver for both of my parents.
There was no warning. On that March 2021 day, one moment, Surgery Physician Assistant Elissa Doty was pulling up patient files, and the next, she collapsed on the ground. Her heart stopped. Three times.
On October 24th of 2018, I was diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer adenocarcinoma stage-3A. I had the classic symptoms for an apical (pancoast) lung tumor for nearly a year. During this time, I had pain in my upper chest just above my breast, pain under my...
It's been a crazy journey, but it could always be worse. My story began in 2019 when I started having a nagging-little cough toward the end of the year. I approached my primary doctor and, at first, we thought it was probably some seasonal allergies. Then, I got busy...
From decorator to doctorate, volunteer Samantha Ogle’s journey in the medical world has been motivated by her passion for helping others. Originally from Richlands, Virginia, Ogle left home to move to North Carolina at a young age. She was working as a cake decorator...
In November of 2006, I was diagnosed with Stage 3B non small cell lung cancer. I was stunned… I had no symptoms except for a small lump in my neck which turned out to be a cancerous lymph node… and the journey began. Thank goodness for a primary care doctor who...