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It was just one year ago that Gaston Milon was living a healthy life — an avid cyclist and kayaker raising three small girls along with his wife in their home in central Alberta.
And then, one Sunday morning, he started coughing.
"I just couldn't do anything. I couldn't walk around. I couldn't breath," he said.
"I was coughing and coughing. I was coughing for a week."
'I didn't want to be high all day long. I just wanted to cope.' - Gaston Milon
Eventually, Milon went to the emergency room, but doctors could not determine what was wrong. It took months before he got a sure diagnosis.
"The doctor's said, 'This is not pneumonia. We need to get you in for a CT scan.'"
The scan showed that Milon's lung was damaged, and a tumour was growing in it. He...
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