I've never smoked but now I've got incurable lung cancer' - AOL

Jade Fardon, 33, told AOL about being diagnosed with incurable stage-four lung cancer despite never having smoked. She first developed a persistent cough in 2020, which she said doctors repeatedly attributed to Covid, especially because she was young. Over 2021 she noticed additional symptoms including a hoarse voice, nausea, fatigue and night sweats, and by April 2022 compiled a symptom list and was referred for a CT scan at Watford General Hospital. The scan showed extensive cancer across both lungs. She was diagnosed as ALK-positive, took daily medication instead of chemotherapy, and later developed brain metastases requiring gamma knife treatment and, after complications including a brain bleed, surgery. She is now raising awareness.