BREATHING IN A NEW ERA
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LUNG CANCER POLICIES ACROSS EUROPELung cancer: a patient’s view
We thank one of our patient representatives, André Stoop, for these few words on what a diagnosis of
lung cancer means.
The riskiest adventure of my life
I am a very active sportsman, a smoker always.
As a scientist, I know the dangers of tobacco.
But the post-exercise cigarette is a great reward.
And it gives you plenty of confidence.
The cancer is not for me, I walk on him, I crush him...
...why is this pain between my neck and shoulder?
Months and months of throbbing, abdominal pains.
A few key words in MEDLINE & EXCERPTA MEDICA.
An article describes my symptoms. It is not possible anyway!
A worried sports doctor requests a test.
Diagnosis: lung cancer. Survival rate almost zero.
Extensive treatment, drugs, drugs, again and again, treatments, treatments and more treatments.
Weight in free fall. When will it stop?
Pain and more pain, thrombosis and other delights.
Already 15 years ago, but never forgotten, never, never.
Please listen to them.
Do not do as I did: do not wait to prove it to yourselves by trying this mega-risky experience: smoking
cigarettes and ignoring that the tobacco in it leads you straight to death row.