A car accident when she was just 34 years old quite possibly saved Yovana Maria Portillo’s life. Many times, lung cancer symptoms do not appear in the early stages of lung cancer. Instead, most lung cancers are diagnosed in
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In November, 2018, Carol Brickell - along with her husband and co-workers - developed a cough. It was winter, everyone around her was coughing and, for a while, she didn’t think much of it. When the cough persisted, however,
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Toward the end of 2015, Tabitha Paccione developed a cough. Because she was a first grade teacher, and first-grade students tend to be little petri dishes, she - and her doctor - assumed it was just a cold. The
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Like many other lung cancer patients, Terri Conneran’s road to diagnosis did not follow a direct route. For the entire summer leading up to her diagnosis in January 2017, she’d been under the weather. First she was told her
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But for the intense morning sickness and utter exhaustion, Jennifer Frazier’s third pregnancy was unremarkable. Following a c-section delivery, she felt great. A dull pain in her left flank, though annoying was hardly a great concern. Two months later,
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More Than Just “Female Problems” In May 2016, Amy Hollifield was 45 years old and having “female problems.” A visit to her gynecologist yielded a suggestion that she have a hysterectomy...and a prescription for an antidepressant. She didn’t know
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"Lung cancer becoming a chronic disease," is a dream of Dr. Michael Weitz. This emergency room physician attributes new research in detection along with new treatments are moving towards this reality. In 2005, then 49-year-old Michael Weitz was having
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ALK-positive lung cancer wasn't at all in Tim's plans. For a year prior to his diagnosis, Tim Smith - firefighter, husband, dad to two young boys - had been plagued with fatigue. Used to functioning on very little sleep,
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In late August 2018, 29 year-old Elizabeth Moir was 8 months pregnant with her second child. Her pregnancy had been fairly routine except for the fact she was not gaining much weight. Unconcerned, both she and her obstetrician chalked
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In 2005, then 51-year old Melissa Crouse was a single parent raising three children. A middle school teacher and ski instructor, she was very happy with her life in Pennsylvania. Once one child was launched and two were in
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