8 Tips For A Productive DayOften 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...Reactions0reactionsComments7 comments
Nature's Impact on Our Physical & Mental HealthThere 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...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Free FallingI 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...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
The Experience In America: Small Cell Lung CancerLung 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...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Equality for Women: From Hitchcock Movies to Engineering to Lung Cancer AdvocacyWomen 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...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
One White Pine: Building Spaces for Living & HealingProfessor 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...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Road to RecoveryMy 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...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Another Milestone and My Heart SwellsI'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...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
A Lung Cancer StoryDecember 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...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Lung Cancer and the Sandwich GenerationWhat 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...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
The Struggle You Don’t SeeIf 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...Reactions0reactionsComments23 comments
SCLC Community Spotlight: MicheleMichele 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...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Thank You for Taking Our Survey!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!...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Far From ShallowI 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...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Celebrating Birthdays With CancerWhen 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...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Mental Health Month 2020: Not Just In Your HeadFor 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...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Is Chemobrain Real? Part 2Read 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...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Is Chemobrain Real?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...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Small Cell Lung Cancer Diagnosis StoriesSmall cell lung cancer is rare, found in only 10 to 15 percent of all cases of lung cancer. If you are fighting it, you may feel like you are...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
The Benefits of Physical Rehabilitation for a Person with Cancer (Part 2)As written in part I of this article, it was highlighted that studies examining the therapeutic value of exercise of people with various cancers during primary cancer treatment suggest that...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments