Articles

My name is Rhonda Meckstroth and this is my first article. Who am I? I am a daughter, sister, mother, and wife. My career is as a government project specialist...

In a previous article, Battling Cancer With A Loved One, I mentioned my sweet friend who was battling breast cancer and how absolutely helpless I felt. On November 20th, my...

When you talk about having lung cancer or being diagnosed with lung cancer, the story is not always the same. The perception that there’s only one way to be inflicted...

Ping Shuai Gong (PSG, 平甩功) is a Qigong exercise that originates from China. Through my exercise PSG for several months, I found something unusual and want to share. I'm not...

Many times when someone has lung cancer we do not know exactly how to help. Friends and family often want to give something but do not know what. Likewise, sometimes...

LungCancer.net shares the stories and experiences of people living with lung cancer. We are highlighting the story of our advocate Yolanda who supported her mother throughout her lung cancer. Since...

I started a new treatment in March of 2020 on Taxotere. In August, we adjusted my treatment by reducing the dose slightly and adding an additional week from once every...

On September 17th, 2020, I had a stroke. I didn't know that you could have a stroke without feeling it, but you can. But, I learned that the hard way. I...

The end of the US calendar year falls just after the darkest night of the year: winter solstice (December 21 in the northern hemisphere). This can be a depressingly cold...

LungCancer.net shares the stories and experiences of people living with lung cancer. We are highlighting the story of our advocate Christine who was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer after...

I have a love-hate relationship with the holidays because like so many, I start to reflect on the reality of the many that are no longer with me. I miss...

According to the New Oxford American Dictionary, survivor guilt is defined as “a condition of persistent mental and emotional stress experienced by someone who has survived an incident in which...

LungCancer.net shares the stories and experiences of people living with lung cancer. We are highlighting the story of our advocate Ashley who learned about her lung cancer after an abdominal...

LungCancer.net shares the stories and experiences of people living with lung cancer. We are highlighting the story of our advocate Alisa who was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2000, but...

LungCancer.net shares the stories and experiences of people living with lung cancer. We are highlighting the story of our advocate Sandy whose lung cancer diagnosis took many months to confirm...

Patient advocate Janet Freeman-Daily and I were invited to give a presentation recently at IASLC’s 2020 North American Conference on Lung Cancer (NACLC) about patient-driven research and why it is...

Each person’s journey with lung cancer is challenging, no matter what side effects they experience. Some side effects, like fatigue, affect nearly everyone undergoing treatment. Others are less common and...

Though there are developments in how lung cancer is reviewed and treated, at times, I do feel it’s lower on the totem pole. A few weeks back my organization held...

LungCancer.net shares the stories and experiences of people living with lung cancer. We are highlighting the story of our advocate Patti who was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2013 and...

And now, here is the host of Jeopardy...Alex Trebek! ‘It’s 7 o’clock, you girls are not going to watch Jeopardy?’ ‘We’re taping it to watch later mom, it’s not like...