Diane Spry

I have been living with lung cancer for nine years now. I never in my life imagined that I would be diagnosed with lung cancer. When I was diagnosed, I...

I recently had a conversation with a fellow survivor. They were upset about an article that was posted because it gave false hope. I read the article and didn’t find...

Diet and nutrition are essential topics to talk about after being diagnosed with lung cancer. How can we find a healthy balance between eating right and enjoying the food we...

Lung cancer is hard. It is very important to have people in your corner to support you and help with various tasks. My people are my family: my twin, mom...

When lung cancer enters your life, it disrupts things you would never think of. When I was diagnosed with lung cancer, I had just turned 30 a few months earlier...

I had surgery related to my lung cancer done on August 31, 2022. I did not go into the surgery thinking it would be easy, but I did not anticipate...

I was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2014 and after many treatments, I was told that I was NED (no evidence of disease) in approximately 2019. Starting in 2022 we...

An extreme fear of needles is called Trypanophobia. When I was in the beginning stages of being diagnosed with lung cancer, I recognized right away that my future was going...

For me, cancer is the pink and polka-dotted elephant in every room. This is my saying that I use to try to explain what does on in my head and...

Being diagnosed with cancer comes with a variety of challenges. I have written about a few of these already. Being diagnosed with lung cancer at a young age brings on...

A lung cancer diagnosis is a very big burden to bear. No one ever expects to be diagnosed with lung cancer and so most people are blindsided when being told...

Cancer changes a person. I have learned along the way many things that have changed for the good and sometimes for the bad. It changes the way you look at...

One of the things that I have always enjoyed is visiting my sister in Texas. Before I was diagnosed with lung cancer we tried to fly down at least once...

After I was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer, I naturally progressed into becoming a lung cancer advocate. It didn't happen right away because I had to process some things...

Someone that I had met along the lung cancer journey passed away from the disease. She was a mom and wife, had an amazing career before she was diagnosed, and...

There are many types of support given and received after one is diagnosed with lung cancer. I have considered myself lucky in that I have had a great support team...

A bucket list is defined as a number of experiences or achievements that a person hopes to have or accomplish during their lifetime. When I was diagnosed with lung cancer...

Radiation therapy is one way to treat lung cancer. There have been a lot of advances in the field in recent years, so I wanted to share a few updates...

When I was diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer in 2014 my oncologist sent my tumor out for biomarker testing. I was learning all about lung cancer in those days...

Have you found a hobby after diagnosis? I started a blog after I was diagnosed, and I have sporadically updated it ever since. I found that I wanted to do...