Living

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...

Dictionary.com defines a silver lining as "a sign of hope in an unfortunate or gloomy situation; a bright prospect". What does a silver lining mean to you? To me, I...

In a few days, I will have some blood drawn for a liquid biopsy. After 40 rounds of chemotherapy, my oncologist and I have determined that it is time to...

It is estimated that nearly 160,000 Americans died from lung cancer in 2016. That’s a staggering number! Lung cancer is by far the leading cause of cancer death among both...

Many people confuse palliative care with hospice care, when in fact, they are very different. Palliative care is defined as specialized medical care for people with serious illness. This type...

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.Click here...

Not that many years ago, when a patient was diagnosed with lung cancer, the doctor told them, “Go home and get your affairs in order.” Those harsh words carried an...

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. I...

In the world of lung cancer, and surely oncology in general, there is a class of people who qualify wholeheartedly as unsung heroes. Those people are nurses. I could go...

In May 2014, I had my surgery to remove my left lung.  Six weeks later it was time to meet with the medical oncologist. Along with my family, he told...