Why am I participating in November-Lung Cancer Awareness Month?
People with cancer want to make the illness part of their past. However, forgetting is not always attainable. For many patients, cancer lives with them every day as an active disease or in the scars left by treatments. Cancer reminds us when it limits what we can do, and when it appears in our nightmare. Families who have lost loved ones to cancer also can never forget. I am aware of lung cancer every single day of my life. I want to participate in Lung Cancer Awareness Month, not to remind others that I live with a struggle. I am taking part so survivors can live better with the illness. I am also participating in this with the hope that one-day, lung cancer becomes truly a chronic disease. Meanwhile, people need to be aware of lung cancer because anyone can get it. If you have funny symptoms like a long-lasting cough or unusual shortness of breath, see your doctor. People also need to be aware that lung cancer is not a death sentence. There are tons of treatment options