How I Found Out I Had Lung Cancer: I had NO Symptoms At First | Terri Ann's Story

Terri Ann has been diagnosed with lung cancer three times. With her first diagnosis, she had no symptoms and it was only discovered when she went to the emergency room due to feeling pressure in her chest.
Since her first diagnosis, six of her family members have also been diagnosed with lung cancer.
In this conversation, she shares how she's processed being diagnosed three times, being part of a clinical trial and how she's been able to catch each diagnosis early. She also shares how her survivorship has made her a fierce lung cancer advocate.
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[@mariebarnes416]

I was advised by my family doctor to have a lung screening done due to my age and history of smoking. I was diagnosed with a cancerous nodule in my lower right lung. I had a lower lobectomy and the lymph nodes were removed in my right lung. The surgery was successful with no cancer found in the lymph nodes. My surgery was in April 2023. I am on the mend and so grateful that this was found in an early stage.

[@revenantsage]

How large was the nodule when it was found?

[@crystalcoleman8668]

@@revenantsage Good question

[@scottrippy8857]

Did they biopsy it first or did they know by the X-rays ,I’m curious as if they can tell just by an X-ray

[@timmysummerlin8118]

I just found out u have cancer un my left lung. I hope NY surgery goes well & I end up on mend soon

[@emanbibi-sr1wx]

yeah ma'am how large your cancerous nodules please reply? 🙏

[@juleskinkead4604]

In 1988 at age 42 I was diagnosed with lung cancer also the tumor was in the lower right lobe. After a few days or a week of testing to look for spread outside the lung I was told the only option was surgery and removal of nearby lymph nodes for pathology. This is 1988 so the medical tech was still not what it is today. Imagine waiting for a routine x-ray to be developed and CT Scan of chest taking about an hour. They perform a total radical pneumonectomy of my right lung and they speculated that there is likely cancer, unseen, that had gone up the "major fissure" and another cancer would more likely than not appear somewhere else if they left mid and upper lobes in. There was no endoscopic lung surgery then. So no chemo and no radiation but surveillance for all these years and it is now 35 years later I did not have a recurrence of lung cancer.

[@anjijack5392]

Hallelujah! That is an absolute blessing. I'm so happy for you! ❤🎉🙌🏼

[@billybobhouse9559]

I'm 42. I've just had a chest x Ray showing a lump in the same place. I've got a CT scan on Monday. I'm terrified.

[@juleskinkead4604]

@@billybobhouse9559 good luck.. take it day by day now.

[@lyndagelormine6081]

You are an inspiration to all suffering fear of having a possible cancerous tumor. Thank you!

[@twistedcherrypop]

My mum has just been diagnosed with stage 1a lung Cancer at 64, following 10 week hx of pneumonia - thanks for your story. Due surgury as soon as the current onumonia clears up. Thank you for sharing your story.

[@thekaerichtexas]

Good god....this woman has been thru so much. I hope she's clear of cancer forever

[@anjijack5392]

Amen. Me too! It has to have been environmental. 😢

[@meganmckissick2281]

My father was a brilliant pathologist and said if something is not supposed to be there, GET RID OF IT! This "watching" protocol is absolute bullsh*t!

[@suzysmith4254]

Thank you for that!!! I had neuroendocrine cancer in my lung had it removed now a lesion in my liver but taking wait and see approach. I'm so scared

[@Ceerads]

I’m not a medical professional (I’m a breast cancer survivor). Aren’t many (most?) lung nodules benign? One can’t have every nodule removed. I assume that’s the reason for “watch and see if the nodule exhibits suspicious activity.”

[@nathalieforest8497]

A nodule is never removed. A mass is.

[@Ceerads]

@@nathalieforest8497 Thank you.

[@callmekells802]

PERIOD.

[@gerardoc6293]

My wife was diagnosed with lung cancer she is 30 we have a 12 year old it’s scary it’s like walking in the dark some of y’all stories gives us hopes

[@GillyMountford]

Look up FENBENDAZOLE can be used with traditional methods

[@lorasamario5969]

​@@GillyMountforddo you really believe the fendebendazole works. Idk how to take it but I was told to take the horse deformed. I've just taken the horse deformed on my finger and swallowed it twice a day just like a dollop on my finger. Can you tell me what you know. I was diagnosed with stage2 larynx cancer and have finished radiation im waiting for a pet scan due in July. Idk ive got a q2 and 15 yr old im 50 ive got three adult children all in their twenties they all need me and depend on me in some way. The cancer hadn't went to lymphnodes so I'm told that's a plus. Please help.

[@stevefabian477]

I give you so much credit for having the strength to go through the surgery and invasive testing again and again

[@rebeccakarlsson1395]

What a great story! You are living proof that being proactive in your cancer treatments can keep you living and enjoying your life! Best of health to you in the future.

[@mariapasillas6420]

Thank you for sharing your story with us. May God Bless you and keep you healthy.

[@ljgarrison8374]

I am a 12 year survivor of small cell lung cancer. Lobectomy and chemo. I asked my oncologist if he, or his close associates, had ever heard of a patient being cured of small cell and he said”No, but why not you?”. That’s how I think, why not me? It’s a hard journey. I wish I could say I am able to do what I use to do but I went from being a great athlete to staying at home 99% of the time. Lots of medical stuff since then, like pulmonary embolism and much more. Life is hard. God Bless to all who have or had lung cancer. PS…I had a thoracotomy very painful and a long recovery. Ask for VATS, my surgeon was very experienced and had a great reputation but he was too old to learn robotics

[@aaminamushtaq8184]

U r great plz suggest some my uncle is also . suffering this

[@dorislee3717]

My chemo doctor said there was no cure for small cell lung cancer. She said I was on borrowed time.

[@lorasamario5969]

God bless you all. Cancer is terrifying doctors appointments freak me out and there is so many of them

[@judeshek3772]

This is such an encouraging story, I have lost my brother and mother due to lung cancer. I am just about to get a follow up ct scan to check my lung due to possible inflammation.

[@vickiharlow8386]

Five years June 18th for rt. Lower lobe lobectomy. So sob since surgery. A lot of weakness, but I am 77. Mother died from lung cancer. 2 yes. Ago micronodules appeared in both lungs and it is wait and watch. Did not know I had cancer until the surgery. Nodule could not be biopsies before. Thank you for all the information. Stay strong.

[@sueu6263]

The art work is a fabulous idea, considering the circumstances, it looks great! I’m so glad for you, you are a lucky person💕

[@ASpectacular3777]

Wow you are SO INSPIRING! ! STRONG LADY! Thank you so much for sharing your information. So happy for your good outcome(s)!

[@lindsayholden5959]

You are a wonderful woman and you HAVE and are doing something wonderful, helping everybody. May you be blessed with clean health from now on. Thank you x

[@JerseyCityGuy]

you are amazing and inspiring Thank you so much and please stay in touch

[@TD_427]

You’re an inspiration. Bless you.❤

[@SidneySmith678]

Thank you for sharing Terri Ann. This is very good information. The imaging agent is so cool and I believe it saved your life. My best friend’s father passed away from lung cancer. I suffered a bilateral pulmonary embolism 5 years ago. So lung studies are very interesting to me. I wish you continued health.❤🙏

[@marylagrange5584]

Wow she's a fighter!! She looks great. Thanks for sharing your story. My father didn't have lung cancer but had pulmonary fibrosis and passed away when he was 76.

[@lcwisdom1]

I've had the same situation you did about finding out the first time I had lung cancer then the second time I could feel it but I had to go to 4 different doctors before anybody would even tell me it was cancer everybody kept telling me it's okay and no cancer but thank God I knew something's going on. I had the second surgery two months ago. Getting ready to have a CT SCAN because of pain. But I trust God every thing is going to be alright. Thanks for this video I've Learned some new things. 🙏🏽❤️

[@lisabrightly]

Looking great, wishing you ongoing good health.

[@drsushilabaidya]

thanks for your great story which encourage many many, thanks for believing doctor's advice. have a great new happy life ahead.

[@KS-yp1jl]

"No symptoms" but she went to the ER with pressure on her chest = that sounds like a symptom to me? I mean it's hard to believe that it was unrelated. 🤷🏼

[@Christynmaine]

This is really helpful for me. Thank you for sharing this inspiring history with us. My nodule was also found incidentally (while screening for surgery). Having a PET scan this week.

[@csc1641]

Terri Ann looks so healthy. Much good wishes to her always.

[@kathycunningham1524]

Wow! …about the tumor glow imaging! Thank you for sharing.

[@darrellhicks360]

I’m following you around. Whadda miracle💕💕💕

[@SS-gf6rl]

Bless you you are Blessed

[@user-sk9cf5hr2v]

Amen she’s a survivor

[@meepk633]

You're so cool. I hope you're doing well.

[@marilyn6905]

What TYPE of lung cancer were you dx'd with & were any TARGETED tx agents proposed??? Story is great but more details would be appreciated!

[@leaburns9599]

❤ 😊 *** This Wonderful Informative Video is really very interesting 😀 to me. God Bless ❤ you & Thank you 😊 🙏 ❤ from the bottom of my heart ❤ for producing this ❤ educational video * for us all to learn from.

[@riverc3171]

I hope that you feel like your own hero because you are!! 😊

[@erinhession]

What an incredible story! Did you ever check your home for radon to see if that was what was causing it?

[@europearesidences2948]

she is great

[@user-fb8ek9ub3p]

Thanks u iam going to see a lung cancer doctor tomorrow

[@nelsonrodriguez7198]

Thank you so much for your video, I was digdosed with lung cancer March 2021, brain surgeri, radiation in brain, radiation in lungs, quimo 4 times then inmuno theraphy for two years, right now as my last petsacan I am clear, thank God, please let me know how I can Help

[@MariaAguiniga-qd7hi]

Hello, thank god you have been clear from this horrible cancer. When did your treatment begin after your diagnosis?

[@imanesadine9819]

How was your pdl1?

[@godschild3640]

@@MariaAguiniga-qd7hi. I just had radiation right by my bone where a new tumor came up. Does radiation give you cancer

[@anglophils645]

Thanks so much for sharing, this is great information for all of us. As you know, lung cancer is the number one cancer killer for all Americans, both male and female. And more young people who are non-smokers are coming down with it, especially young women. People who have a 20-year history of smoking, are at the highest risk. They should sign up for PET screenings, which are now covered by insurance.

[@violetg7315]

You are so inspiring! Can we choose minimum invasive Ethanol and Radiofrequency Ablations get rid of lung nodules rather than wait and see?

[@patriciathomas9749]

I have 2 nodes on my lungs but unable to have it seen to to many on our waiting list yes I'm a smoker 😢😢😢

[@Ceerads]

Thank you for this video. I’m wondering what, if any, genetic tests are available to try to detect why your family (and other families, I assure) is predisposed to developing lung cancers.

[@chrissteiner2593]

Also...did the house you lived in as a family ever get checked for radon??..huge lung cancer cause

[@unknowndriver6652]

A living leyend ❤

[@meshell1399]

A living legend.

[@jeannieplunk6945]

Found out 2nd months ago surgery inext 2 weeks. No symptoms. My Dr also had me checked due to smoking and having covid 2 times. Caught early. Hopefully not in lymph nodes so I won't have to take chemo

[@kellio8087]

I have a feeling that her stress activated the cancer.

[@scottrippy8857]

Wow,I had 10 and 12 mm nodules,and oblounge whatever they want to call it with calcification within the nodule,never diagnosed for anything,they did X-rays for three years,is this normal

[@user-uo4rc9iu6q]

I am gettingva pet scan in a few days. My nodules are about 8 mm which is karge. Im hoping for a report such as yours. Did they biopsy yours?

[@dawnbaker7861]

I was told they found a small subpleural nodule in my right lower lung, should I get it checked? My dad had lung cancer in his right lower lung and died from it.

[@fanatla3195]

Of course you should.

[@charliegirl123]

What did your doctor recommend?

[@godschild3640]

@@fanatla3195 I had lung cancer in both upper lobes, both lower lobes and the middle right lobe close to the bone. It just went there I was on immunotherapy called. KETRUDA , IT LITERALLY WIPED OUT MY CANCER EXCEPT FOR THE LOWER LOBES LITERALLY WIPED IT OUT BUT THEN I GOT ANOTHER ONE THAT MIDDLE LOBE CLOSE TO THE BONE,🦴 TOWARDS THE CENTER OF MY CHEST.. THE IMMUNOTHERAPY IS ATTACKING MY ADRENAL GLANDS IN MY UPPER KIDNEYS. WHICH LIGHTS UP DURING THE PET SCAN BUT THEY DON’T THINK IT’S CANCER THEY THINK IT’S AN INFECTION WHICH IS CAUSING ME TO STAY AWAKE FOR MANY MANY HOURS AND THEN I CRASH AND GO TO SLEEP. IT’S CAUSING MY BODY TO TIGHTEN UP., IT’S CAUSING ME TO FEEL AFRAID BECAUSE MY HORMONES ARE THROWING OFF.. SO I’VE FINISHED THE RADIATION THIS MORNING. I GO TO AN ENTEROLOGIST TOMORROW I GO TO HEART SPECIALIST AND THEN I’LL GO FROM THERE. IT’S VERY RARE FOR THE IMMUNOTHERAPY TO ATTACK THE ADRENAL GLAND BUT IT HAPPENED TO ME SO I WANT TO GIVE THE PEOPLE HOPE THAT COMES TO YOUR CHANNEL that they have many things they can do to kill that cancer and wipe it out but if it’s stage four there is no cure but you can just keep on fighting and keep on fighting

[@ImkindofaBigDeal-vk5ls]

Did you get the vax? Turbo cancers after the vax. Diagnosed at stage 4 when it's too late in most cases. My twin passed from the vax. 1 dose of Moderna 2 years later stage 4 pharnyx cancer. no symptoms at stages 1, 2 & 3.

[@Fuzzle1985]

The cells near it might have had the same mutations to tumor and cancer. Get more excised.

[@user-kp9ri3kg7y]

Humbly appreciate your kind gesture Dr Igho, you have always been able to help with any of my health issues , i didn't know there was a way to Cure Cancer with herbs naturally, but I'm happy to say today that I'm glad to have you as my doctor because it just seems like magic

[@Ceerads]

Go away.

[@Fearzero]

Maybe your childhood home had radon gas?

[@suzysmith4254]

Was it neuroendocrine cancer?? It runs in the family MEN-1