I am a 52 year old female who experienced a collapsed lung out of the blue. One morning nobody was home at the time and I wasn't quite sure what had happened. I was healthy as far as I knew. I drove myself to the hospital to find out I had a collapsed lung. So I was sent to emergency surgery, went home 5 days later perfectly fine. 1 week later it happened again same procedure done but this time did a cat scan and found a nodule that ended up being cancer. A 9 hour surgery took place a few days later, called a lobectomy since then I have noticed my breathing has been different when I take in a breath I hear like an air leak this has been going on for almost 6 months. Today I went in for a pulmonary test to try to find out what this is. I pray it's something simple like maybe an inhaler. I quit smoking almost 6 months ago and trying to keep the faith that I'm so Lucky because this whole ordeal has been a blessing in disguise. God bless to all of you, you are all in my prayers, please all keep in touch and maybe we can get through this together.

We just found out my uncle by marriage has lung cancer. It is the kind that will keep reoccurring. He has been a smoker way over 60 years and always bragged about it not affecting him. Now he has 3 different types. Only a month ago they found a spot on the lung now it is showing on the esophagus. Doctors still do not know what they are going to do, talking about radiation. I pray that they do something quickly because the prognosis is not looking good his bones hurt and he doesn't have any energy to do the things he wants to do.

My father had lung cancer in his right lung. The doctors destroyed his right lung with additional maintenance chemo. They sent him home to die. It's six months later; he's still alive but can't do anything but sit in a chair. He can't do much with one lung. Smoking for 50 years can do that to you. He quit smoking the day before the cancer surgery. That's the only reason he's still barely breathing today. By the way, he has chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) in his left lung. He is really struggling.

I am 53. I had a CT scan for something else and a small nodule was found in my lower left lobe. A biopsy revealed it was cancer. In March, I had a thoracotomy and lower left lobectomy and a small wedge resection of upper left due to another smaller nodule. I had no lymph involvement. I have a suspicious cloudy opacity in my upper right lung that is being "watched." All in all, the surgery and recovery have gone well, although the thoracotomy is an unpleasant and painful recovery even when everything goes well. I am due to go in for another CT scan in January to observe any changes in the upper right lobe--surgery might be considered and I am going to ask about a biopsy which has not been done. I think the "wait and see" approach is questionable--especially with lung cancer.

My husband who is 51 was diagnosed last November 2011 as small cell carcinoma (small cell lung cancer) extensive stage. As it started in his upper lobe of his right lung spread to his liver. He started chemotherapy last December and we are waiting for the first assessment in January. We found out when he went for chest X-ray after he coughed and spit blood. He was suffering from bad cough for very long time that never went away. He was perfectly healthy and active and never thought that he is a cancer patient until the day of the biopsy lab result came out. We have no choice but to go for the chemo and follow his ecologist advices. The treatment is too hard. He stopped smoking right before the first chemo therapy. He is in a denial state till this moment that he is a cancer patient.

On a yearly routine check up with pulmonary clinic, an X-ray was taken. After CTs MRI etc, it was decided to have small tumor removed. The tumor was as small as a thumbnail and not spread. Luckily there was no other cancer. I do not expect any more cancer because all was taken out. I'm now recuperating.

My husband is 68. He never smoked and was in good health. A routine blood test and follow up CT scan and X-rays found tumors on his spine and a tumor in his lower lung. A biopsy was done after a wait of one month. He has stage four lung cancer. He has no symptoms. He has a mutant gene. There is a group of people who have no symptoms and have never smoked. They all have this mutant gene. He just started taking a chemo drug you take by pill. The side effects are less and you take it at home.