An Army combat veteran who is facing the fight of her life has joined forces with a former NFL player to raise awareness in the battle against lung cancer
Retired Lt. Col. Angela Downs served 21 years in the Army, including a 2006 deployment to Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom.One year ago this month Downs was on the receiving end of a personal bombshell when she was diagnosed with a form of lung cancer.Lung cancer facts"I had zero clue I had lung cancer. I had a little dry cough that wouldn't go away. It annoyed my husband more than it did me," Downs said.
Like Downs, she was a healthy, non-smoker who was hit with the disease in the prime of her life. In between her immunotherapy treatments and radiation, Downs works with Draft's foundation and the Department of Veterans Affairs on behalf of her brothers and sisters in uniform. "There is a disproportionate number of veterans being afflicted with lung cancer," said Downs.
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