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March 06, 2024

Fight for Air Climb helps fight lung disease

Fight for Air Climb helps fight lung disease

It’s almost time to start your climb at the American Lung Association’s Fight for Air Climb at the Salesforce Tower in downtown Indianapolis. Online registration is open through Thursday, March 7th. IU Health respiratory therapist and climb participant, Mike Meska is climbing for his mom, who was a tobacco user for decades. “As a result of her tobacco dependency and nicotine addiction, my mom developed lung cancer which involved undergoing radiation therapy and chemotherapy. She also developed COPD and was oxygen dependent in her later years. I’m climbing because she and people like her can’t.