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After watching my grandmother die with emphysema, I resolved never to smoke. So, when I was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer ¡ª and told I had less than year to live ¡ª I thought, ¡°This can¡¯t be happening.¡±

I just didn¡¯t make the connection, even though I¡¯d had a persistent cough for a few months, been losing weight without trying, felt a heaviness in my chest and even begun coughing up blood. I thought, ¡°How can I possibly have...