Personalized Medicine Requires Getting PersonalAs Patch Adams said, “You treat a disease you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you, you’ll win no matter the outcome”. I can tell you firsthand...Bookmark for later
What Should A Lung Cancer Patient Look Like?Recently I read my colleague Denise's post at LungCancer.net, The Struggle You Don't See. I was very moved as I survived lung cancer for six years. Like Denise, I had...Bookmark for later
Personalized Medicine Requires Getting PersonalAs Patch Adams said, “You treat a disease you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you, you’ll win no matter the outcome”. I can tell you firsthand...Bookmark for later
What Should A Lung Cancer Patient Look Like?Recently I read my colleague Denise's post at LungCancer.net, The Struggle You Don't See. I was very moved as I survived lung cancer for six years. Like Denise, I had...Bookmark for later
Personalized Medicine Requires Getting PersonalAs Patch Adams said, “You treat a disease you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you, you’ll win no matter the outcome”. I can tell you firsthand...Bookmark for later
What Should A Lung Cancer Patient Look Like?Recently I read my colleague Denise's post at LungCancer.net, The Struggle You Don't See. I was very moved as I survived lung cancer for six years. Like Denise, I had...Bookmark for later
Lung Cancer is NOT an Automatic Death SentenceRecently, a woman in an online parenting group that I belong to announced that she had been diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer and she was very upset about telling...Bookmark for later
Why I Got A PortI got my port placed in 2016 when I was participating in a clinical trial in Boston traveling back and forth from Chicago. I remember wholeheartedly that I did not...Bookmark for later
Making the Most of Time Between ScansAll of us living with lung cancer, whether diagnosed at an early stage or later stage, have to deal with periodic scans. Those of us with metastatic disease usually have...Bookmark for later
Live Beyond the Second ChanceI am living proof that targeted therapy treatment works well for stage 4 lung cancer survivors with gene mutation and brain metastasis. Moreover, the quality of care I get from...Bookmark for later
Jumping Into Online Lung Cancer CommunitiesBeing a lung cancer survivor, I have chosen to face my stage 4 lung diagnosis. I have considered my online community groups as my extended family. They are walking the...Bookmark for later
Advice to Those Newly DiagnosedI think this is one of the most asked questions to someone who has cancer, and it has been over five years. I have been interviewed quite a bit and...Bookmark for later
Keep Pushing that BoulderSomeone asked me what having lung cancer felt like. I couldn’t really find the most accurate words to encompass the physical aspect of the cancer itself as well as the...Bookmark for later