Also called: Bronchogenic carcinoma
Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world. Cigarette smoking causes most lung cancers. The more cigarettes you smoke per day and the earlier you started smoking, the greater your risk of lung cancer.
Common symptoms of lung cancer include
•A cough that doesn't go away and gets worse over time
•Constant chest pain
•Coughing up blood
•Shortness of breath, wheezing, or hoarseness
•Repeated problems with pneumonia or bronchitis
•Swelling of the neck and face
•Loss of appetite or weight loss
•Fatigue
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/lungcancer.html
Below is the picture of my cousin who recently died of lung cancer. The picture was taken a year ago May of 2007. At that time my cousin already knew that his life on Earth will not last for more than 6 months. Me and my other cousins together with him dined out that day and went to a cemetery south of Manila. I don’t know what got to the mind of my other cousin who drove us there. Anyway we had some picture taking and this is one of the pictures we took during that visit. All that time we where in that cemetery I was wondering what was on his mind. My cancer patient cousin moved, joked, talked with us as if nothing is going to happen to him. He was still the same person we knew. He didn’t feel any depression nor anxiety. He said that he became more religious as his faith became the source of comfort and strength. One thing that I will always remember was his difficulty in parting with his family in death. My cousin died last May 30 and he had to go through so much pain.
To all people reading this blog, one way of preventing lung cancer is to stop smoking cigarettes or tobacco. Do it now for your sake and your family.
