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Blogger: Suzette Martinez Standring
Features firefighters' experiences with cancer, and their hard won lessons. Learn about the power of early cancer detection and the miraculous advances of science.
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A year ago (March 2024) I had an emergency surgery to fix severe fluid buildup (pleural effusion) in my chest from cancer radiation. My hospital roommate had a perforated bowel from cancer and she was relentlessly cheerful. By Suzette Martinez Standring
Tags: cancer,
fluid buildup,
radiation,
firefighters vs cancer,
faith,
Jesus,
hospital,
surgery,
lung cancer,
pleural effusion,
Christian,
cancer recovery,
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Lt. Fire Inspector Chris Wyman and the late Ret. Lt. Jessica L. Wyman were husband and wife, career firefighters, and soulmates. It was his unbearable loss when Jessica passed away from occupational lung cancer. She was the first female firefighter to be promoted to lieutenant of the Nashua (NH) fire department. Chris, Lieutenant/Fire Inspector for the Merrimack, NH Fire Department, tells her story. By Suzette Martinez Standring
Tags: Firefighters vs cancer,
occupational cancer,
firefighters,
Jessica Wyman,
first firefighter woman,
female lieutenant,
Nashua fire department,
New Hampshire firefighters,
Chris Wyman,
fire inspector,
firefighters with lung cancer,
Suzette Standring,
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Boston firefighter Dan Ranahan battled stage 4 Hodgkins Lymphoma in 2020. He beat cancer and went on to found the Boston Fire Cancer Foundation. His wife saved his life by insisting against his powerful objections to see a doctor. This is his story.
Tags: firefighters vs cancer,
FVC,
firefighters,
boston fire cancer foundation,
early detection,
DetecTogether,
cancer support,
International Association of firefighters,
IAFF,
Mike Foley,
Suzette Standring,
early cancer screening kits
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Greetings to our firefighters, families and friends! Welcome to FFVC's new blog, Smoke Eaters, Cancer Beaters. I'm Suzette Martinez Standring, Chief Correspondent, which is a fancy term for She-Who-Shares-Your-Stories. Early cancer testing for firefighters is our goal because of the documented higher risk of occupational cancer.
