Beckie grew up in a house where everybody smoked. She and her siblings used to make a game out of what they called the “cloud of smoke” that would pollute their house daily. After picking up her first cigarette at 11- years old, it took nearly 10 years of intermittent smoking to finally quit.
After being smoke-free for nearly 30 years, Beckie found herself in the middle of several life-changing events. In the fall of 2007, while preparing to enter nursing school and at the same time beginning a divorce, Beckie was told by her physician that she had lung cancer. The diagnosis came as a result of a trip to the emergency room earlier in
the year. Beckie had a habit of studying hunched over her books, adding stress to her shoulders and causing her to lose feeling in her face. Thinking she was having a stroke, she called an ambulance and was rushed in to a nearby hospital where it was discovered she was suffering from a pinched nerve. While she was in the hospital, a chest x-ray was performed. Physicians noticed something in the x-ray and contacted Beckie for further examination. After additional tests were conducted, Beckie was diagnosed with lung cancer.
Lung Cancer Screenings are recommended for:
Men or women between the ages of 55 and 74
Have smoked at least one pack a day for 30 years or more, or two packs per day for 15 years
Those who quit smoking less than 15 years ago and smoked one or more packs a day for 15 or more years
Beckie is now taking on the leading cause of cancer death in the United
States. Make your preventative CT Lung Screening appointment today. Why
wait?