Patient Conversation Series: Episode 1
PART 1: Ashley discusses how speaking up for herself impacted her diagnosis journey in a positive way.
Part One of this Episode of Patient Conversations with Leah.
Ashley she describes her unusual diagnosis journey explaining how she advocated for herself and spoke up for herself and it paid off. She was ultimately diagnosed with stage 1A non-small cell lung cancer at just 38 years old. Ashley describes how she has still had to allow herself time to heal physically and learn how to process the up and down rollercoaster of emotions when on one hand she should feel “lucky” it wasn’t stage IV but on another wonder who this even could have happened to a healthy, young mom who had no history of smoking.