Category Archives: lung cancer

by Nellie Curtiss … The Mayo Clinic’s website defines Emphysema as “a lung condition that causes shortness of breath. In people with emphysema, the air sacs in the lungs (alveoli) are damaged.” For Mom, Emphysema was diagnosed in 1995.  It is a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD. Later her diagnosis included lung cancer which took her life atContinue reading “Mom, not just a smoker’s legacy”