Shared Stories
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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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Dawn S. My father died of lung cancer when I was 25. I had to watch him slowly deteriorate over the course of a few years. I remember the cough that he had before he was diagnosed and the descriptions of the pain in his chest.
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Marla M. On September 4, 2018, I woke up and went to work like any other work day. I had no idea that before the end of the day my life would change forever.
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Nina S. Karen Molesphini Cowley is the reason we walk.
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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.
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Jake P. When I was 15 I started using vape and thc vapor products, around a year later I was noticing a terrible cough which would wake my family up every morning.
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A K. On 21st July 2021, both my parents started coughing mildly with no other symptoms. On the 22rd my father developed mild fever but no other symptoms.
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Katie M. I was diagnosed with allergy-induced asthma when I was 8 years old and have suffered symptoms for as long as I can remember.
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Kristie C. My story is about my dad, Sheriff Joe. Being in law enforcement, he helped a lot of people and that is where his story begins.
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Steven B. My permanent residence is in Bonita Springs. Before Hurricane Ian, it was a popular destination across the street from the Gulf.
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Judy S. My father William (forever 59) went to the hospital with a shooting pain in his left shoulder on 7/17/21. We were informed that he had stage 3b squamous cell carcinoma lung cancer that was unresectable.
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Olyfran M. My daughter, Francine Maigue, was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer on May 20, 2019 and passed away on February 22 ,2022.
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Jennifer V. My Name is Jennifer. I am only 29 years old and I am currently battling Pots/Dysautonomia and partial seizures caused by COVID-19.
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William S. I quit smoking in May 2018 and started getting yearly lung cancer screening scans in November 2018; they never showed any problems with my lungs.
