My name is Gabrielle I’m a childhood cancer survivor who’s now battling stage 3A lung cancer for a second time. I will be sharing my experience with Lung cancer in hopes to connect with other warriors and survivors, as well as educate those who may know someone who’s fallen ill.

Cancer diagnosis timeline:

11/00 7/01
Diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma of the spine. Underwent laminectomy surgery to remove golf ball sized tumor, started chemotherapy completed 7months of treatment followed by 1month of daily radiation therapy to the spine.

20152020 Developed Lung damage from post radiation treatment: lower left Lung consolidation/ fibrosis , nodular opacities, recurrent pneumonia w/ pleural effusions and respiratory Actinomycosis infection

2017 Reports of Endobronchial Lesion
SYMPTOMS IGNORED BY PULMONOLOGIST
testing began late 2020 due to pandemic delay

April 2021 diagnosed with stage 3A non small cell lung cancer (Adenocarcinoma)

May2021 underwent Lobectomy removal of the lower left lobe.

July2021 Oct2021:
started chemotherapy (Cisplatin, Alimta)

November 2022: Lung cancer relapsed

Jan6 2023 started immunotherapy and chemotherapy
OPDIVO/ Yervoy, Carboplatin and Alimta