Coping with a lung cancer diagnosis at age 18
As an 18-year-old, Lauren Rodriguez never suspected her lingering cough would turn out to be a lung cancer symptom.
“I was in shock,” Lauren says of her lung cancer diagnosis. “I never suspected something like that.”
Today, Lauren’s cancer-free, thanks to her MD Anderson care team. But cancer has changed how the now-19-year-old views life.
“I’ve been given a second chance,” she says.
The first lung cancer symptoms...
Sarcoma survivor finds his way to remission at MD Anderson
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Breast cancer survivor grateful for personalized mastectomy and reconstruction decisions
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Oral cancer survivor finds her strength
As a registered nurse, Asha Bhandari was familiar with cancer – even less common cancer types, like oral cancer. But she never believed she’d receive her own diagnosis, even when she first noticed the sore on her lower gum – an oral cancer symptom. Even when that sore started to grow after a few weeks. And even when the oral surgeon took a biopsy and three days later gave her the news that it was cancerous.
“I was so devastated...
6 ways caregivers can improve their health at MD Anderson
As a cancer caregiver, you’ve probably been told it’s important to take care of your own physical and mental health, too. But sometimes that...