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Susan’s story: Never start smoking, and if you do smoke, quit now.
Art and Susan Van Pelt in November 2013 at a family dinner, eleven days prior to Susan’s lung cancer diagnosis. Susan grew up in the ‘60s and ‘70s, a time when one in two Canadians over the age of 15...
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My Experience With Lung Cancer – Part 5: Lung Cancer Awareness
[See previous blogs – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4] I haven’t written a blog since the summer. I am not sure why – I think it is because I wasn’t sure what else I could say that would be helpful...
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Tina’s Journey with pulmonary hypertension
As a 21 year old woman attending college in Toronto, it was very difficult for me to imagine that an illness could possibly hit me at this stage in my life, but it did. I slowly started to notice that...
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Celebrating Canadian Women’s Achievements in Respiratory Health on...
Dr. Dina Brooks, chair of the Canadian Respiratory Health Professionals, has been recently selected by the World Confederation for Physical Therapy Executive Committee to receive an International...
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My Experience With Lung Cancer – Part 6: When things are hard
[See previous blogs – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5] March 6, 2015: The last month has been the hardest so far. The cancer progressed despite the new treatment, and that led to a fracture of...
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A ROAD TO NEW LUNGS…
Tina and her husband Joe When I was diagnosed with Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension many years ago, I never thought that this journey would take me to the doorsteps of a double lung...
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Take Action on Asthma
Asthma, common yet serious. Do you know a child with asthma? Chances are you do. As many as 1 in five Canadian children have asthma. It is a disease that is common, but all too often the seriousness...
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Janet’s story: Six years ago I was diagnosed with lung cancer
Guest blog by Janet Whitehead Six years ago I was diagnosed with lung cancer. I had most of my left lung and lymph nodes removed in my first surgery and tumours removed from my right lung in a second...
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Andy’s Story: At first I was treated for pneumonia – it took 6 months before...
Ski enthusiasts, Andy and Suzanne Parton were usually the first ones up the mountain on any given ski holiday, but that all changed in December 2011. Andy said, “I will never forget that day on the...
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Darcy’s Story: At age 54 I was diagnosed with IPF, and would need a lung...
Darcy Murdoch has played many roles in his life as an entertainer. An average encounter finds him effortlessly riffling between two of his alter egos, crooner Bobby Bacchus, and the King himself,...
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Dr. Nasreen Khalil’s Story: A life dedicated to unravelling the mystery of a...
Currently based at the University of British Columbia Dr. Khalil has dedicated much of her life’s work to understanding and treating IPF, raising the profile of the disease, and obtaining much-needed...
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Rosalind’s story: I knew I could quit for weeks at a time… however I always...
Guest blog by Rosalind Neis. As a social smoker for over 35 years, I always assumed quitting was something I could do any time I wanted. I knew I could quit for weeks at a time while traveling, and...
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Barbara’s Story: With their future uncertain, Barbara and partner Martin hold...
Barbara and Martin met five years ago as most people do these days – online. One coffee date and the two knew it was a match. Each had already lived a lifetime of challenge, struggle, and loss, often...
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Colleen’s Story: On January 1, 1992 I made the decision to quit
I started smoking when I was 15 due to the stress I felt I was under. As I look back, I realize I had little support or education to help me cope with family changes, deaths in the family, plus the...
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Why I’m testing my home for radon
Radon Aware sat down with the Queen of Green to ask why she is testing for radon this fall. Here’s what she had to say: “I’m David Suzuki’s Queen of Green. I’m also a homeowner, wife, mother and...
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COPD support team gives as good as they get
“I feel pretty lucky. I get to meet the most amazing people,” said respiratory nurse Beth Hutchins. Beth is one member of the St. Paul’s Hospital COPD Outreach Team, a pilot program aimed at helping...
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Red hair, red scooter, a real attitude, and COPD. Meet Trish Verrier.
Left to right: Nurse Beth Hutchins, Trish Verrier and the Lung Association’s Tracey Jirak Yesterday I met a remarkable person while visiting the COPD clinic at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. Meet...
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Warm and safe for winter!
Meet Nate Sereda, an enthusiastic Certified Energy Advisor based in the Kootenays that recently completed his Radon Mitigation Certification and applied to the BC Lung Association’s RadonAware...
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Vernon Native Housing Society put tenant health first
From left to right: James Verheul, Karen Gerein, Trina Nash, and Dawn Somers James Verheul has a strong interest in radon gas. He works with the Vernon Native Housing Society and is responsible for...
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My Experience With Lung Cancer – Epilogue
[See previous posts – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6] On March 17, 2016, 26 months after receiving her diagnosis of lung cancer, Dr. Terry-Nan Tannenbaum passed away. The courage with...
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