Living with Lung Cancer

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Waiting on Results
by: Mandi on Mon, Aug 31 2009

I’m a 29 y.o mother of 3 young kids. I’ve smoked for 13 years. During a CT scan last week they discovered 2 nodules on my lungs. One is 1/4 of an inch and the other is a lil bigger than that. I went in yesterday for a Chest CT scan. This has been the toughest thing in my life. Waiting for someone to say you’ll be ok or possibly hearing “You have Lung Cancer” I immediately quit smoking. It’s surprisingly easy once something like this is dumped in your lap.

Everyone around me is thinking positive, and some refuse to even say the word Cancer. I’m having a roller coaster ride of emotions, and find it difficult to be optimistic.

It really puts things into perspective. Young ppl think they’re invincible. We’re not. Smoking is NOT worth what it’s putting so many ppl through. I hope through this I can save others from keeping themselves out of harm’s way. This is horrifying.

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Wed, Dec 16 2009
My mom found out in october that she has lung cancer i wrote the post an angel named jeannie. It is a hard thing to hear that someone you love has can...Read
Thu, Sep 10 2009
I am so sorry to hear what you are going through. My sister was found to have 2 nodules on her lung and she was diagnosed with lung cancer Unlike y...Read

August 2009

Waiting on Results - by Mandi - (Mon, Aug 31 2009)
I’m a 29 y.o mother of 3 young kids. I’ve smoked for 13 years. During a CT scan last week they discovered 2 nodules on my lungs. [more..]
Lung cancer diagnosis - by Dusty - (Mon, Aug 17 2009)
We found out 3 days ago that my husband has lung cancer. He is 66 y.o., smoked for over 40 years, and very independent. [more..]
Lung cancer - by Susie - (Wed, Aug 12 2009)
Recently I found out that my father has lung cancer. He has been through a series of tests and tomorrow we meet with the pulmonary specialist for his diagnosis. [more..]

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