Health & Fitness
A Vacation, a Hunch, and a Life-Saving Scan
A routine check-up turned into a story of survival, proving why you shouldn't wait for symptoms to get screened.
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She had no cough, no shortness of breath, and felt perfectly fine. For nurse Denise, a routine request for a low-dose CT scan before a Florida vacation turned into a race against time she didn't even know she was running. The shocking diagnosis of lung cancer came via a phone call while she was supporting a friend at a chemotherapy appointment, forcing her to wonder, "Am I now going to be the one in the chair?"
Her journey led her to thoracic surgeon Geoffrey B. Pelz, M.D. at Hackensack University Medical Center, where a minimally invasive robotic procedure caught the cancer in its earliest stage, allowing for a swift recovery. Discover how Denise's intuition and a five-minute scan saved her life, and why she says, "I caught this before it caught me."
Click to read her incredible story of early detection and survival.
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