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Dusty Donaldson

Dusty Donaldson was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2005, at the age of 51. She underwent surgery to remove two lobes from her right lung, followed by adjuvant chemotherapy. She completed treatment within six months of her diagnosis and has been out of treatment since March 2006. Read more.

Patients Gathering in Raleigh for LiveLung Small Cell Lung Cancer Summit

The Dusty Joy Foundation, or LiveLung, is hosting the first ever inaugural Small Cell Lung Cancer Summit from April 18-19, 2023. It will take place at Embassy Suites Raleigh-Durham Airport...

By Dusty Donaldson

3 min read

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Let’s Make Every Day Lung Cancer Screening Day!

You’ve heard the adage about preaching to the choir. Well, I see an analogy in the lung cancer community. After someone has been diagnosed with lung cancer, lung cancer screening...

By Dusty Donaldson

3 min read

Advocating from Alaska (Part 2)

Read the first part of Kelly's story in Advocating from Alaska (Part 1). When the biopsy came back as positive for lung cancer, there were more tests, including an MRI...

By Dusty Donaldson

3 min read

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Advocating from Alaska

Through my advocacy work, I have the opportunity of making new friends in the lung cancer community and interact with so many wonderful people. I want to share with readers...

By Dusty Donaldson

2 min read

Small Cell, Big Impact: New Virtual Small Cell Lung Cancer Group Kicks Off (Part 2)

The Dusty Joy Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit serving the lung cancer community, has a growing network of monthly educational patient group meetings. One brand-new group that I am especially excited...

By Dusty Donaldson

3 min read

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Small Cell, Big Impact: New Virtual Small Cell Lung Cancer Group Kicks Off (Part 1)

The Dusty Joy Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit serving the lung cancer community, has a growing network of monthly educational patient group meetings. One brand-new group that I am especially excited...

By Dusty Donaldson

3 min read

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We Need More Miracles

This invader into our lives...lung cancer...not only wreaks havoc in our bodies, but it also breaks our hearts. As a longtime survivor, I have had the sacred privilege of knowing...

By Dusty Donaldson

2 min read

Two Minutes of Your Time Could Save Hundreds of Lives: Support Lung Cancer Research

Editor's Note: The deadline to ask your representative to sign the "Dear Colleague" letter is April 26, 2022. The lung cancer advocacy community is coming together like never before. It...

By Dusty Donaldson

3 min read

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When To Consider A 2nd Opinion (Part 2)

Author’s Note: I have written about second opinions previously, but the issue continues to arise in my lung cancer circle of friends. The topic is so important, I am compelled...

By Dusty Donaldson

3 min read

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When To Consider A 2nd Opinion (Part 1)

Author’s Note:I have written about second opinions previously, but the issue continues to arise in my lung cancer circle of friends. The topic is so important, I am compelled to...

By Dusty Donaldson

2 min read

Kicking Cancer's __s! (Part 3)

Dusty speaks with Terri, the creator of KRAS Kickers, a group where researchers, patients, and caregivers come together for greater KRAS lung cancer awareness. Hear the beginning of Terri's story...

By Dusty Donaldson

3 min read

Kicking Cancer's __s! (Part 2)

Dusty speaks with Terri, the creator of KRAS Kickers, a group where researchers, patients, and caregivers come together for greater KRAS lung cancer awareness. Hear the beginning of Terri's story...

By Dusty Donaldson

2 min read

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Kicking Cancer's __s!

When Terri Conneran was first diagnosed with lung cancer, she focused on kicking cancer’s ass. That was before discovering she had the KRAS (pronounced KAY-ras) biomarker. Now, Terri wants to...

By Dusty Donaldson

2 min read

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LCAM: What Does It Mean?

It comes every year. But what is Lung Cancer Awareness Month about? To me, Lung Cancer Awareness Month is a reason to pause and recognize the advances that have been...

By Dusty Donaldson

3 min read

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Advocates Engage, Learn at Scientific Conference (Part 2)

Dusty shares reflections and reactions from lung cancer advocates who attended their first scientific conference on lung cancer targeted therapies. Read the first part of this series in Advocates Engage...

By Dusty Donaldson

2 min read

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Advocates Engage, Learn at Scientific Conference

Lung cancer advocates are becoming more informed about and engaged with the research community. Several advocates were first-time attendees at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer’s Targeted...

By Dusty Donaldson

2 min read

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Understanding Targeted Therapies in Lung Cancer (Part 2)

In early spring, Dusty attended the Targeted Therapies in Lung Cancer Conference in Santa Monica, California, with several colleagues and fellow advocates. Read her takeaways in Understanding Targeted Therapies in...

By Dusty Donaldson

3 min read

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Understanding Targeted Therapies in Lung Cancer (Part 1)

In early spring before brakes were put on virtually everyone’s meetings and plans for 2020, I had the opportunity to attend the Targeted Therapies in Lung Cancer Conference in Santa...

By Dusty Donaldson

2 min read

A Life Well Lived (Part 2)

Read the beginning of Dusty's story in A Life Well Lived (Part 1). Many of us spend countless hours doing advocacy work. This is not a job. It is a...

By Dusty Donaldson

3 min read

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A Life Well Lived (Part 1)

My friend Karla was murdered. I am still reeling from the shock. Karla was a lung cancer advocate. We met about eight years ago, not long after her husband Russ...

By Dusty Donaldson

2 min read

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