Tom Murphy is a lung cancer survivor outside of Baltimore, Maryland. He was diagnosed with stage 1a lung cancer in 2010. This past November, he ran/walked the Philadelphia Half-Marathon with his nurse, Lisa Smith from St. Agnes Hospital. Why [...]
By Gary Stumpf Gary hooks success. As with many, I accidentally found my lung cancer. Last fall, a persistent cough brought me to the doctor (thanks to my wife’s insistence). A CT scan, followed by a lung [...]
By Robert Grizzard I was diagnosed on June 7, 2013 at age 62 with stage IV Adenocarcinoma. I had been preparing for my retirement when cancer reared its ugly head. I wasn’t ready to give up on life. On my [...]
By Trish Strulson Trish and George I am a survivor, fighter, traveler and explorer. Three and a half years ago I was none of these. My daughter, Taylor, had the difficult task of telling me I had [...]
By Ide Mills The day after Thanksgiving in 2010 I saw my internist for discomfort in my throat that I couldn’t clear. She thought allergies, while I thought everything else, BUT cancer. Over the next few months, it became [...]
By Deborah Benton, 15 year lung cancer survivor. 15 year lung cancer survivor, Deborah Benton It’s a new year! For me, it is the year of my 15th birthday. It is really the year of my 59th [...]
By Michael McCarty, lung cancer survivor and advocate Michael in a meeting on the Hill, September 2014 It was a hot day in early August, 2012 and I was out running and ran into some friends on [...]