going through at the time, she focused on being strong, staying encouraged and relying on faith to not only get her through that difficult time but to mainly be there for her now nine-year-old daughter, Zöe, no matter the circumstances.
“I was very blessed to not have to go through chemo[therapy] and I didn’t have to have radiation either,” Johnson said. “I was very thankful to the Lord for helping me through that and it being caught early.”
Since the completion of her surgery, Johnson continues to get her CT scans done every year to make sure her lungs remain healthy and works towards maintaining a healthier lifestyle for both her and Zöe, including trying to stay away from second-hand smoke.
“I find that people automatically assume that I was a cigarette smoker when I say that I had lung cancer, but that’s not the case,” said Johnson. “I’ve never smoked before in my life and I want to increase the awareness that anyone can get lung cancer even if they don’t smoke.”
Similar to Johnson, approximately two-thirds of non-smokers diagnosed with lung cancer are women. Additionally, women are twice as likely to develop lung cancer than men, with an average of one woman passing away every seven minutes as a result of lung cancer.
Amidst this information, fortunately for women with lung cancer, the chances of survival are