Diane Spry

When I was diagnosed with lung cancer, I never would have imagined all the health insurance details that I would come across. That would include keeping it, changing it, paying...

There is a song from the nineties by the band Goo Goo dolls called “name”. In this song, there is a lyric, and it is “scars are souvenirs you never...

When one is diagnosed with cancer, we often designate someone to be our caregiver. This can be a partner, child, parent, friend, or sibling. When I was diagnosed with lung...

I am not a fan of abbreviations when used and not explained. If I am scrolling through a Facebook group and find a topic that I want to read and...

As an adult, we make tough decisions regularly. I feel that I have made quite a few since I was diagnosed with lung cancer. We all must make the decision...

When I was diagnosed with lung cancer I had very little knowledge of the subject. I had participated in the Breath Deep Kankakee walk twice but anything to do with...

I celebrated my seven-year cancer anniversary on April 11, 2021. I round up when I tell people what year survivor I am so I have been saying seven-year survivor for...

There is something in the cancer world that bothers me, and I would like to address it here. One thing that I have learned is that we have to say...

World Lung Cancer Day is August 1. I have compiled a list of things that I have learned after being diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer at 30. Lung cancer...

I know that the words that we use in the cancer world are important. There are numerous blogs and articles on what to call ourselves once we are diagnosed with...

The epidemiology of young lung cancer study is a collaboration between the Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute and GO2 Foundation. The main purpose of the study is to find out...

Cancer is not cheap. We know this before we are diagnosed and get hit hard after. Everything adds up from medical expenses to parking. The added expenses that many do...

I will be honest; I was never too lucky in the love department. In my teens and for most of my 20s I was always the single friend or the...

In 2016, I was put into a position where I had to make a difficult decision. The lung cancer was growing, and I was at a point where my doctor...

In my early 20s, I worked for a big-box electronics retailer as a full-time operations associate. As part of the companies benefits package, I opted to buy into the employee...

It’s a fact of life that we all age. We are always moving forward because we simply cannot go backward. Before you know it you are 30! When one is given...

Everyone has different ways to cope with a lung cancer diagnosis. I have heard more times than I can count to meditate and/or do some yoga. I have never been...

When most people think of cancer patients they think of a person that is frail, skinny, looks sick and they are bald. I have been lucky so far and have...

When I talk about anything lung cancer-related, I say “in the lung cancer world” or “in the lung cancer community”. It is one of those things that you cannot understand...

When I think of the term PTSD (short for post-traumatic stress disorder) I think of the military and someone who was in active duty and seen things that most of...