Getting a CT Scan with Contrast a Long Way from Their Kentucky Home At the end of the summer of 2021, Bo Rowe developed a cough. It was not one that was of great concern, but irritating nonetheless. He
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In December, 2019, one of Erin Mielke’s five children came down with flu-like symptoms. It wasn’t long before 37-year-old Erin felt under the weather as well. Both she and her daughter tested negative for the flu and were told
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In the months leading up to her lung cancer diagnosis, Brandi Bryant had a persistent cough. It presented primarily in the evening. Because the cough was so minor, she thought nothing of it. On a visit to California in
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The path to becoming a lung cancer advocate is seldom a straight one. For some, being an advocate comes somewhat naturally, while others might be reluctant to throw their hat in the ring. Serving as an advocate might just
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Dr. Barned is a doctor of internal medicine, a hospitalist, and, since the onset of Covid, a staple on the oncology unit of Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis. The idea that doctors can get lung cancer wasn’t on
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Intro to Lung Cancer Staging We’ve all heard people refer to their cancer diagnosis with a term like Stage 3B lung cancer. Lung cancer staging follows an initial diagnosis via biopsy. This helps your healthcare team determine where cancer
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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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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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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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Sadly, LCFA Speaker and lung cancer patient/advocate Gina Hollenbeck passed away on June 12, 2022. Gina's guiding principle comes from a phrase in a book she read by Dale Carnegie in which he wrote: "Two men looked out from
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