Living Fully After a Lung Cancer DiagnosisA lung cancer diagnosis can feel like a sentence, but for me, it became a wake-up call to live differently. Faced with...reactionscomments
Becoming Your Own AdvocateNavigating a new diagnosis can be overwhelming and confusing, not to mention time-consuming and occasionally frustrating. However, this is a vital step...reactions2comments
I Had to Quit My JobIn 2011, I lost my job with the federal government where I had worked for the housing authority in a nearby city...reactionscomments
Celebrating My Cancerversary Like a BirthdayOctober 2024 marks seven years on the journey of my stage IV lung cancer with EGFR expression. In some ways, it doesn’t...reactions4comments
Tardiness and Lung CancerSome conditions have a way of showing signs earlier on and ahead of an official diagnosis. Lung cancer can fall in this...reactionscomments
What Is Tissue-Agnostic Therapy?Cancer therapies have often been targeted to the type of cancer being treated, like lung cancer. As new breakthroughs in therapy have...reactions1comment
Health Insurance DenialsI've heard so many stories about how health insurance would deny many in the lung cancer community. It was horrible to hear...reactionscomments
Spiraling…When Families Battle Cancer TogetherSo now that you’re battling lung cancer, and trying to make it through the madness as the news is settled. What happens...reactions2comments
Hope and Lung CancerWhen I was diagnosed with lung cancer, I really didn’t understand the true meaning of hope. Yes, we hear others saying, “There...reactionscomments
The Lung Tumor MicrobiomeA host of bacteria and other microscopic organisms live in your body. This natural community of tiny organisms is called the microbiome...reactionscomments
Health Leader Answers: Mental Health From Diagnosis to TreatmentWe asked some of our Health Leaders about their experiences managing their mental health and relationships after being diagnosed with lung cancer...reactionscomments
Making the Most of SummerSummer is my favorite season, and I look forward to summer every year. But once I started on Alectinib, being in the...reactionscomments
Worry: The Great ThiefWorry. It seems to be an emotion that afflicts so many of us. My mother could worry with the best of them...reactions3comments
The Perspective Shift of My LifeI learned that I had cancer in October of 2017. I felt like I was melting, that my body was literally sinking...reactionscomments
Quality of Life: Goals and Goal Perceptions in Lung Cancer PatientsWe all have goals that we want to accomplish in our lives. When you have been diagnosed with cancer, your goals can...reactionscomments
Remembering Jeffrey PoehlmannWe are incredibly saddened to share that LungCancer.net team member Jeffrey Poehlmann has passed away on October 21, 2018. Jeffrey had been...reactions4comments
The Emotional and Mental Impact of COVID-19The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted everyone’s lives in 2020. However, recent evidence shows it may have effects beyond the inconveniences and interruptions...reactions1comment
Why Can Small Cell Lung Cancer Be Challenging To Treat?Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) makes up roughly 13 percent of all lung cancers. Lung cancer is the second most common cancer...reactions8comments
Help Your Friends Help You, Part TwoOur friends want to help us, but sometimes they don’t know how. This article is part 2 in sharing how I believe...reactions3comments
Attending Events and Advocating for Lung Cancer PatientsAs a person living with lung cancer and doing advocacy work, I really enjoy going to lung cancer events, conferences, and summits...reactions1comment
