Last year I rode with Linnea on my back....this year, my 11th PMC, I ride with Linnea in my heart. Right after PMC weekend last year, Linnea started her 5th clinical trial. We were hoping and praying that this trial would be a miracle drug, much like the first clinical trial Linnea ever tried. Unfortunately the side effects were extremely toxic and caused a tramatic brain injury. Linnea lost her 15 plus year fight to lung cancer on November 15th. It has been a devastating blow. I was hoping that lung cancer research would keep Linnea and I together on our journey for many more years, the 15 years we did have together were great - they just weren't enough.

For the past 20 months I have been on a standard of care treatment that on average works for 19 months before becoming resistant. We have seen changes in my lungs over the course of the last 12 months but are staying the course for now. Luckily, if I need to change meds, there are other options for me but we need more options for every lung cancer patient!

Today only 18% of the people diagnosed with lung cancer live more than 5 years. It’s our dream that one day lung cancer will be treated as a chronic disease not a terminal one! Team LUNGSTRONG wants to be a part of changing the stigma and to reverse these statistics!

Dana Farber is a leader in innovative lung cancer research and is working diligently to find a cure. There has been more progress in lung cancer research in the past 5 years than there has been in the last 30 years! We are blessed to live so close to Boston and to have this kind of care accessible to us. We are very excited to be part of a team that will continue to support this critical work, giving us the hope that we need.

Many thanks for your continued love and support of our family,

Diane

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