Setting Up A Lung Cancer FundraiserCancer is not cheap. We know this before we are diagnosed and get hit hard after. Everything adds up from medical expenses...reactionscomments
Pivotal Moments In My Lung Cancer JourneyAs I journey to my illness there are important or critical moments that have changed me completely. These moments have not only...reactionscomments
Advocate Talk, And A Little Patient ReflectionI was a healthcare advocate for my husband (pulmonary fibrosis) and mother (lung cancer). Both experiences were different and the same. I’ve...reactions1comment
Take the Person Before Patient SurveyThe Person Before Patient Survey is now closed. Thank you for your interest! What makes us the people we are? Living with...reactionscomments
Lung Cancer and Blood Clots: What’s the Connection?Many people with cancer may not be aware of their risk for developing blood clots, especially during treatment. Blood clots, also called...reactionscomments
Can Challengers Be A Threat?I’ve come to realize that we indeed have a mix of various personalities and that falls into the pot of the patient...reactionscomments
Empowering Lessons and Lung CancerA cancer journey can be very difficult - often confusing and quite painful. This journey often comes with lots of tears. Sometimes...reactionscomments
Reflections On My 6th CancerversaryIt has been 6 years since I was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer metastatic to the brain. In these 6 years...reactions3comments
Diagnosis Shock and Jumping to ConclusionsLung cancer patients and caregivers alike will relate to the trauma of that initial diagnosis. Being told that you have lung cancer...reactions2comments
I Hope to Retire One DayIn my early 20s, I worked for a big-box electronics retailer as a full-time operations associate. As part of the companies benefits...reactionscomments
I did it my way!Hi my name is Pam Dight I was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. It was located in my adrenal gland and...reactions2comments
Let’s Celebrate!In 2017 -- at the age of 36, when I received my lung cancer diagnosis, I remember thinking and hoping to see...reactionscomments
Aging GracefullyIt’s a fact of life that we all age. We are always moving forward because we simply cannot go backward. Before you...reactions1comment
Music Soothes the SoulEveryone has different ways to cope with a lung cancer diagnosis. I have heard more times than I can count to meditate...reactions2comments
I Did Not Lose My Hair But….When most people think of cancer patients they think of a person that is frail, skinny, looks sick and they are bald...reactionscomments
Cancer PTSDWhen I think of the term PTSD (short for post-traumatic stress disorder) I think of the military and someone who was in...reactions6comments
Being in Remission With Stage 4 NSCLC Lung CancerI have stage 4 NSCLC lung cancer since January 2018. I am in full remission still. I started treatment in Kentucky, at...reactions5comments
For Me, Grief Looks Like…Grief is complex and can look different for everyone. There may be terms thrown around that are unfamiliar. Read the definitions below...reactionscomments
Lung Cancer ActivismIt never crossed my mind I would be called to lung cancer activism. It all started just sharing my story with Lung...reactionscomments
National Cancer Survivors Day 2021: Motivation During Our Darkest Days with CancerOn National Cancer Survivors Day, observed each year on the first Sunday in June, we honor and celebrate all of those who...reactionscomments
