After being told it was “impossible for me to have lung cancer,” and undergoing countless procedures and imaging over the course of six months, I was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer at the age of 34. I have gone through chemotherapy, radiation, and targeted therapy. Despite these treatments, my cancer has continued to progress, and I am now in a clinical trial. My scans did not look very promising a couple of weeks ago, so I might be facing disease progression once again. My treatment has been very challenging, and I am pretty nervous, to say the least.
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A trip to Japan with her husband