In 1998 Joe Bono thought he was a lucky man. After cancer was discovered on his kidney during a routine test for another reason, the kidney was removed and he was cancer free. But Joe’s luck would continue...
Louis Darden was so frail and weak from emphysema he could barely lift a coffee cup. In his words, he was “resisting life, instead of living it.” That changed when he finally agreed to undergo lung volume reduction surgery which involved removing the top part of each of his lungs. Do so removed the diseased parts of the lungs and allowed the rest of the lungs to function more effectively by providing “room” to breathe...
MaryAnn Pippin had colon cancer in 2004 and as a result, underwent annual testing to ensure that if it returned, it was caught early. In the spring of 2007, one of these tests included a full body scan. MaryAnn and her husband were surprised to learn that the scan showed a 9 mm lesion on her left lung...
