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True Dough

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1. Lung cancer took both of my parents

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Mon Aug 2, 2021, 10:59 AM

Aug 2021

One at 64, the other at 72. It metastasized into their bones before it was all over. Both gone within 3 months of diagnosis. Eerily similar. Both had been smokers for decades, although Dad quit about six years before his lung tumor was detected.

My sister and I have great genetics on our side!

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Kathy Griffin reveals lung cancer diagnosis [View all] left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 OP

Lung cancer took both of my parents True Dough Aug 2021 #1

My mom discovered she had lung cancer less than a week before she passed quietly secondwind Aug 2021 #3

Oh bdamomma Aug 2021 #2

I had an older brother died from lung cancer left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 #4

I wish Ms. Griffin a full and speedy recovery LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2021 #5