Living

It is okay to acknowledge fear. We all have it. When living with a cancer diagnosis, it can be exceptionally difficult to ignore. Especially when it comes to that age-old...

Cancer patients have been experiencing chemo brain for decades. Chemo brain significantly impacts patients’ daily activities. However, the medical community has only recently started taking chemo brain seriously. Inspired by...

Once I received my diagnosis of lung cancer my entire world changed.  If you are reading this, you probably think I'm going to speak to you about grief, fear, and...

Previously, I wrote about “Paying It Forward” and encouraged advocates to engage with a nonprofit organization dedicated to the lung cancer. But how can you know which organization to support?...

We are extremely saddened to say that on October 21, 2018, Jeffrey Poehlmann passed away. Jeffrey’s advocacy efforts and writing continue to reach many. He will be deeply missed. One...

I'm not one for big celebrations as a rule. Never have been. Birthdays come and go with barely a nod. Parties...well, let's just say I am just as happy to...

For the past several weeks, I have been focused intently on insects. They have invaded my space as well as my thoughts. Combine that with my ongoing passion for lung...

We are extremely saddened to say that on October 21, 2018, Jeffrey Poehlmann passed away. Jeffrey’s advocacy efforts and writing continue to reach many. He will be deeply missed. Telling...

The recent deaths of several of our comrades have hit the lung cancer community incredibly hard. One of those losses was Abby Wilson. For those who did not know Abby...

Cancer is the six-letter word no one wants to hear.  Most, not all, people will also hear the word metastasis (spread of original cancer) at some point during their treatment...

If you have cancer, the day you finish treatment is an occasion you look forward to from the moment you’re diagnosed. Sometimes the end of chemotherapy is celebrated with balloons...

My first year of chemotherapy seemed like a good excuse to cover some ground that I had long been putting off. It was always difficult to make time to travel...

Having a lobe removed is a very painful process that requires one to be very patient about the time it takes to recover. From the surgery to the months during...

Written in collaboration by Dusty Donaldson and Kimberly Lester In the not-so-distant past, a lung cancer diagnosis was very nearly a death sentence. However, with the arrival of screening and...

We are extremely saddened to say that on October 21, 2018, Jeffrey Poehlmann passed away. Jeffrey’s advocacy efforts and writing continue to reach many. He will be deeply missed.Check out...

As a cancer survivor, you will at some point begin haggling with your insurance company to get some test or procedure covered. But, what do you do when your insurance...

We all want to stay young as long as possible. The youth culture is practically shoved down our throats through our media. Aging gracefully is encouraged, but only after it...

Being diagnosed with a disease, terminal or not, can come as a shock. When we have to learn how to deal with this new disease, we tend to turn our...

We are extremely saddened to say that on October 21, 2018, Jeffrey Poehlmann passed away. Jeffrey’s advocacy efforts and writing continue to reach many. He will be deeply missed. "Chemo...

Summer. In my younger days growing up in Virginia, I spent almost every weekend in Virginia Beach. As a young adult, in Ohio, we took our children to the beach...