Living

I attended LUNGevity’s International Lung Cancer Survivorship Conference (ILCSC) in Washington DC from April 25-28, 2019. It was the first time I attended a conference specifically for lung cancer patients...

I just saw my 18-year-old son graduate from high school. Although this seemed impossible when I was first diagnosed in 2013, I was here to watch him walk across the...

I started writing an article on joy. It is important for our health and well-being. I believe that and science supports it. But, darn, sometimes it is really hard to...

It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Lisa Moran on June 6, 2023. As a cherished member of LungCancer.net and a source of inspiration...

Off to surgery I went. Thankfully a friend stayed with my sons at night, and their babysitter brought them to and picked them up from school. It was 2000, the...

Wednesday, July 5th at approximately 2:00 pm my life took a dramatic turn as I stepped out from the Lazy River at Six Flags Great Adventure. It was such a...

Do you see it posted on Facebook - "God is Good!" - presumably shouted loudly and with happy exuberance? I do. It is always, always, always shouted after someone got...

We are incredibly saddened to share that LungCancer.net team member Karen Loss passed away on June 8, 2019. Karen had been living with stage IV lung cancer for the past...

Opdivo is an immunotherapy therapy and a new medication to treat my lung cancer. You are not alone in being scared. When I first was told I would have to discontinue...

As lung cancer survivors who are going through any forms of treatment, we all know the dangers of getting sick. My entire life, I have caught a cold when there is...

I think it was April 2015 at LUNGevity’s Hope Summit when I met Karen Loss. We were at the same table. She also was on a panel with other authors...

I've come to realize that not all holidays need to be expressed on the actual day. Growing up, so much importance was put on holidays -- family needed to be...

Why do people assume that a lung cancer patient is to look a certain way? Have you encountered the, well you don’t look like you have lung cancer? I’m sure...

I blush just writing the title to this article. Here we are, well into the 21st century, and many, if not most, of us, still find sex and intimacy a...

This is the continuation of A Tale of Two Trials, where Melissa shares her experience with the Loxo-292 clinical trial to treat her stage IV lung cancer. Melissa has advice...

Melissa Crouse shares her experience with the Loxo-292 clinical trial to treat her stage IV lung cancer. In August 2005, Melissa Crouse of Cape Coral, Florida, was shocked by her...

Lung cancer has changed my life and made me the person I am today. This person would not recognize or probably even like pre-33-year-old Samantha. I don't think I was a...

Three years ago, when I was first diagnosed, my husband and I scrambled together to put together our estate plan, including creating a trust for our children, writing out our...

Isn't it amazing how your medical plan determines how your life may play out in beating your cancer? Dealing with lung cancer is a huge problem and coping with this...

And I don't mean the Christmas holidays. I bet that's what you thought when you read the title. What I really mean is allergy season! My entire life, I have never...