Spreading the word
January 14th, 2009
Mary Lou Fisher has never smoked, but she has lung cancer.Fisher, 68, represents an unsuspecting and often misunderstood face of this deadly disease.
“Lots of people (think) I have breast cancer. That’s kind of the common thing among women,” Fisher said. “So, when I tell them it’s lung cancer, I say, ‘But I never smoked a day in my life.’ You just want to get that out there, so they can’t blame it on that.”
For far too long, she said, there has been a stigma attached to lung cancer.
“There’s a ‘You smoked so you must have deserved it’ kind of attitude. Nobody deserves cancer,” she said.
At 2:07 pm on February 22nd, 2009 Gloria Linnertz said:
Dear Mary Lou,
Thank you for being so brave.
Have you tested your home for radon? If so do you know what your level is? Please let me hear from you.
seascape@htc.net