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Lung Cancer Early Detection in the News 12/4/11
Today the Richmond Times Dispatch published an essay I wrote about early detection. My sister Wendy died in August 2010 and I am determined to make a difference in as many people's lives as I can. I have had two CT scans and so far the two nodules they found have not changed...we will keep scanning and pray there is never a change. I pray for all of you who are suffering with Lung Cancer. My time with my sister was so difficult. Watching her in panic from not being able to catch her breath. The horrible pneumonitis that eventually took over her lungs along with the tumors. If you can, click on this link and check out the article. We will make a difference. Stay strong and get multiple opinions. That is the one thing I wish my sister had done more of. Would it have made a difference? I do not know. You can copy and paste this link to see the story in today's 12/4/11 paper. http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/commentary/2011/dec/04/tdcomm03-...
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Permalink Reply by Sarge on -
Linda: Great letter. I also have tried communicating with local media, but to no avail. They seem to be consumed with covering the 'glamour' cancer instead.
This morning I shot an e-mail to the Today Show asking if they would please devote time to our disease. They once again had approx. 15-20 minutes dedicated to a celebrity with breast cancer........yet have not shown much interest in us. Although November was LC month, I saw more on prostate cancer than LC...........the stigma lives on!!
All of us need to continually contact our legislators and media to make louder and louder noises.......we must MAKE THEM HEAR US!!
Please keep up the efforts, and stay strong for all of us.
Sarge
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Permalink Reply by LindaF on
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Thank you Sarge, I've gotten wonderful feedback from people in Richmond who read this in the paper. I promise you I won't stop here. I am relentless about this disease. I live in the home of Tobacco: Richmond, VA. A lot of smokers here both current and past. Phillip Morris gave free cigarettes to their employees and encouraged their smoking. Sadly it may take someone very high up, very famous in politics to be diagnosed for the attention to change. If they admit they even have Lung Cancer. So many people don't even put it in their obituary. That's why people don't realize how deadly lung cancer really is. When I tell them it kills more people than breast, colon and prostate combined, they look at me in shock. We need to keep talking. Don't stop.Keep contacting Today Show. Better yet. Good Morning America is where Peter Jennings worked. ABC was his network. Right?
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