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Stories of my survival and thrival with stage IV lung cancer

Team Ben

9/26/2019

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I found out I had cancer just over 23 months ago, and this Sunday I’m running a 5K.  I don’t say this to brag.  In fact, “running” is a pretty generous word.  Walking, shuffling, scuffing, straggling… Still, it’s another opportunity to marvel at this death-defying life I’m living, and I’m grateful.
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The 5K is a fundraiser for the Lung Cancer Initiative of North Carolina, a fabulous organization dedicated to saving lives and providing support to those affected by lung cancer.  Part of their mission, too, is to dispel myths and raise awareness about the disease.  For example, they point to these statistics published by the American Cancer Society:
  • Each year in the US, approximately 228,150 people are diagnosed with lung cancer and nearly 142,670 die of the disease.
  • 1 in 14 people will be diagnosed with lung cancer.
  • Lung cancer takes more lives than breast, prostate and colon cancers combined; it accounts for 25% of all cancer deaths.
 
If you’d like to support “Team Ben,” I’d welcome that!  You can go HERE and sponsor me personally or just make a donation to the team.  All funds that we raise go directly toward the work of the Lung Cancer Initiative.  Thank you!
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3/26/2020 02:42:55 am

Cancer is one of the scariest things right now. If you have cancer, then believe me, you are going to have a hard time. Cancer is not something that we have a known cure for, in fact, it is almost impossible to treat it all together. I have my doubts when it comes to it, but believe me, all I can do is trust in the Lord. I have seen people survive through it with sheer will power, and it amazes me.

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    I have stage IV lung cancer and I write about that here. If you're out there and you're fighting cancer, solidarity. If you read "lung cancer" and you wonder if I was a smoker, read this. Living with cancer is a daily, death-defying reality - one that pushes me to not simply defy death, but to affirm life, bless goodness, cheer for wonder, celebrate beauty... you get the idea.  I hope I do that here.  

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