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I’ve read a number of posts on online patient forums lately about scan frequency and types ordered. Many advanced lung cancer patients have CT scans every three months, but others...

As we're in the flow of the year 2020 let’s grasp how we all move forward in the new decade in lung cancer awareness. The excitement and hype of this...

Often when cancer strikes, our routines change, our daily lives change, and life as we once knew it shifts a bit. Since coming off of a full-time job, I have...

There is growing evidence that spending time in nature can help people feel less depressed, anxious or stressed. Maintaining our connection to nature can improve one’s quality of life and...

I have never considered myself someone who is afraid of heights. I love to go to the top of the tallest building around when visiting a new place and see...

Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in both men and women accounting for 13 percent of all new cancers. Approximately 15 percent of all lung cancers are small...

Women experience changes in many aspects of life. The movement of “men and women are equal” has been there for a quite long time. I am going to give my...

Professor and landscape architect Daniel Winterbottom has been designing and building therapeutic gardens for over 20 years. Here, he shares his unique viewpoint on the power of nature to heal...

My mother wasn’t fortunate in her short journey with lung cancer. I would like to think she would’ve been more hopeful and impressed by the many that have beaten, and...

I'm not sure if I mentioned in my last blog that I was able to take my 15 year old daughter to get her learner's permit. She passed on the first...

December 13, 2008. I will never, ever forget that day. My lung cancer journey began with a car accident on that day and that accident ultimately saved my life. I...

What is the Sandwich Generation? According to Wikipedia, the Sandwich Generation is a generation of people (usually in their 40s to 70s) who care for their aging parents while supporting...

If you saw me in the street you would never suspect I have cancer. You would see a slightly overweight senior citizen who likes to walk her dog and work...

Michele Raasch was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) in September 2019. After experiencing concerning, abnormal changes in her health, Michele talked with her doctor and was shocked to...

We appreciate you taking the time to answer all of our questions. Your responses will help us better understand life with non-small cell lung cancer. Are you new here? Welcome!...

I love the lyrics from the song Shallow, “We’re far from the shallow now.” Something happened recently that opened my eyes to how shallow my relationship is with many of...

When I was diagnosed in 2017 at the age of 36, I feared birthdays going forward. Would I see my next one? Would I see 40? I was afraid of...

For a long time, it was said that mental health happens in the mind and the body is just along for the ride. People who've experienced stress, anxiety, depression, or...

Read the first article about chemobrain in Is Chemobrain Real? Part 1. While most of the studies researching chemobrain focused on breast cancer patients, some have looked at lung cancer...

Many cancer patients experience a phenomenon known as chemobrain during or following chemotherapy or other anticancer treatments. Chemobrain manifests as memory problems, mental fog, and cognitive impairment or dysfunction. “When...