Nurturing Mental Health in the Face of CancerLiving with a cancer diagnosis can be an incredibly challenging journey, both physically and mentally. However, being a dreamer can prove to...reactionscomments
Having Covid and Lung CancerWhen the COVID-19 surge first started, and many were getting sick, I remember friends and family telling me I had to be...reactionscomments
HealtheVoices Conference 2023I was invited to attend the HealtheVoices Conference 2023, hosted by Johnson and Johnson, last year. I had the wonderful opportunity to...reactionscomments
Dating After DiagnosisWhen I was younger, it wasn't hard to date. By the time I turned 33 and had been diagnosed with lung cancer...reactions9comments
Sometimes I Feel FrustratedLiving with lung cancer is rough. Many look at me and tell me, “Juanita, you look so good,” or “You look so...reactions2comments
HealththeVoices 2023I had the pleasure of attending this year's HealtheVoices conference, sponsored through Johnson and Johnson. The premise of HealtheVoices is to bring...reactionscomments
Proud MamaAnyone who really knows me and has traveled the journey with me knows that God and my daughter come first. It seems like...reactions7comments
A Very Common Side Effect: Chemo BrainHave you ever been talking with someone, and you lose track of what you were saying or you have a word at...reactions3comments
Lowering Dose for Health and SafetyAs I hit slightly over one year of taking a second-generation Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor, a TKI, another common side effect took hold...reactionscomments
How Do You Manage The Side Effects?Cancer invades our bodies. In some cases, it overtakes our bodies. Yesterday I learned that I will remain on Taxotere indefinitely. It is...reactions11comments
My Recent Scare!Besides November being my birthday month, Thanksgiving, and my cancerversary, I received some not-so-good news: it was a lung cancer scare. In...reactions11comments
Anxiety... An Unwelcome VisitorI recently saw a study that found that lung cancer patients who do not have anxiety or depression live longer than those...reactions2comments
Waiting and Anxiety As My ConstantsThe targeted therapy I am on can treat my lung cancer but may harm other parts of my body. Aside from treatment...reactions3comments
Family MattersWho is your family? It may be your mother, father, siblings, aunt, uncle, and cousins. It also may be your closest friends...reactionscomments
Family GatheringsWhen I was diagnosed with lung cancer my kids were much younger, so family gatherings were much easier. After my treatments and...reactions2comments
Taking Care of Dental Conditions while Undergoing Chemo: Mouth SoresIn a previous article, I wrote about the importance of addressing dry mouth (xerostomia) and gave some suggestions for how the problem...reactionscomments
Retirement PlansBefore I got diagnosed, I had big plans for when I retired, but that changed in November 2014. Now I wonder what’s...reactionscomments
Beyond My ControlBefore my diagnosis, there was stuff way beyond my control. After my diagnosis, my life has changed. My journey with lung cancer...reactions9comments
Searching for the Answer to My Cancer PuzzleI am 70 years old. 11 years ago I was diagnosed with male breast cancer. I had a mastectomy and did 12...reactions2comments
Taking Chances After DiagnosisAfter I found out that I was ALK-positive for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), I decided to take chances because life is...reactions2comments
