Stories of Hope
Have you found more meaning or learned life lessons after your diagnosis and treatments for lung cancer? Do you have suggestions for others going through similar situations? Do you simply want to share your story with others?
Lung Cancer Alliance proudly offers a forum for you to write about what has helped you survive, even thrive, since being diagnosed with lung cancer.
Send your story to Lung Cancer Alliance electronically, info@lungcanceralliance.org or through the mail, 1747 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Ste 1150, Washington, DC, 20006. Please include the state in which you live, your age, when and with what type of lung cancer you were diagnosed. Please include a photo we may post as well.
Tim Woodhull
Diagnosed in 2003 at age 54
Limited stage, small cell lung cancer
"I learned to think short-term each day, tackling or enjoying each moment
and not worrying about what tomorrow might bring." |
Francine Noce
Diagnosed in 2004 at Age 38
Stage 1 -Large cell
“CANCER! Could it be? With my family history I had no doubt. Two aunts died from lung cancer and I was a smoker. I couldn’t really hear what the doctor was saying at that moment. Visions of my daughter, just a baby , Princess Nicole and my sonny-boy, Gerard, flashed before my eyes. Could this be real? "
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Judith Shelden
Diagnosed in 2006 at age 76
Stage IV adenocarcinoma
"I know that it was the toxins that resulted in remission, but i feel that my refusal to acknowledge the possibility of death from cancer was equally important and this is what i wish to share with others." |
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