Shared Stories
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barbra M. This is my third year in which I am participating in the Fight for Air Climb 2026 because my family history which has been affected by lung disease.
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Robin J. I started my double lung transplant story in 2016.
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Sara S. My mom smoked for 42 years, and she died five days ago from cancer. Three years ago, my mom was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer of the parotid gland.
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Carla P. I was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer in March 2018. My internist suggested I have a screening CT scan of my lungs due to my history of smoking. The scan revealed a tennis ball size mass in my left upper lung and a nickel size mass in my lower rig
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Neil K. I am a healthcare provider, and I choose to get vaccinated.
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Glenna M. Can you imagine our world if vaccines were not available?
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Kathy M. Most people never think twice about taking a breath—until it becomes something you have to fight for.
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Madelyn G. When I was 4 years old, my childhood home had black mold that neither my parents nor professionals could find until five years later.
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Lisa C. Jeff was diagnosed with COPD in 2020. He had worked construction in paper mills and oil refineries for 38 years.
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Shane C. My whole life growing up, I was playing sports — it was all I thought about. I ended up going to college on a cross country scholarship. I ran for four years at Lincoln Memorial University, setting records and serving as team captain.
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Theresa B. Smoke from burning of any source — including prescribed burns, debris burning, wood stoves, garbage burning and other open burning — has affected my health, causing sinusitis, vocal cord dysfunction, dry eye irritation and lung distress.
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Cathey W. I work as a clinic nurse at an elementary school in downtown Houston, Texas. I live in the suburbs, and as I drive into work each day, I see the brown haze that hangs over the city center.
