Every story changes the conversation
People living with lung cancer are challenging assumptions, encouraging earlier conversations with clinicians, and showing what advocacy can look like after a diagnosis.
Jackie Nixon
On advocacy and finding purpose after lung cancer.
Jackie’s story reminds us that lung cancer can affect people with many different histories. The message she shares with ALCSI focuses on awareness and the importance of listening to one another.
“The note that saved my life”
In another survivor account shared by ALCSI, a routine visit for shingles turned into a meaningful conversation. The writer had never smoked and felt healthy, but mentioned a subtle change: singing required shorter breaths than before. The story begins with that small observation and the decision to speak up.
The account is a reminder to tell a clinician about new or persistent changes in breathing, even when they seem minor.
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If you are a survivor, caregiver, or advocate and would like to share your story with ALCSI, get in touch with the team.