Taking Care of Dental Conditions while Undergoing Chemo: Mouth SoresIn a previous article, I wrote about the importance of addressing dry mouth (xerostomia) and gave some suggestions for how the problem can be treated. Here, the discussion of oral...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Work and Cancer - To Disclose or Not?The questions came all hours of the night and day. What was I going to do? Do I keep working? Do I tell them about my cancer? Will I be...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
The Reality vs. The FantasyI dropped my son off at college at the end of August. This is my older son, the one who was 13 years old when I was first diagnosed with...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Where Did Everyone Go?“Poof”...they are gone. Have you noticed the disappearance of friends or family? Maybe they haven’t completely left, but you don’t see them or talk to them as much. This is...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Living With a Chronic Condition & DatingHow does living with a chronic condition impact dating? Hear from four Health Union contributors: Marisa Lauren Troy, who lives with inflammatory bowel disease; Alisha Bridges, who lives with plaque...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Don't Be an Ostrich! Get ScreenedLung cancer isn't only a smoker's disease. I actually know more people who never smoked who have lung cancer than that did. Sadly, because even medical personnel too often believe...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
A Day In The LifeJust recently someone asked me what it was like receiving chemotherapy. My mind immediately went to a particular day that my daughter, Maria, attended with me. The following was our...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
AACR Scientist Survivor ProgramI was honored to be selected to participate in the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Scientist Survivor Program (SSP) this year held March 29 -- April 3 in Atlanta...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Surviving GriefThis week has been brutal to the lung cancer community as a whole and myself as well. It really began last Friday. Today is Wednesday. I received a message from the sister...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Beginning All OverHow does it feel to be in treatment for over 5 years and all of a sudden things change? Not from progression as one might think. I have been through surgery...Reactions0reactionsComments6 comments
Thoughts on the Movie “The Farewell”"The Farewell" is an award-winning movie made by a Chinese-American filmmaker in Hollywood. It’s about a Chinese grandma who had stage 4 lung cancer and her whole family returning to...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
I Am Not Afraid of ChemotherapyIt is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Lisa Moran on June 6, 2023. As a cherished member of LungCancer.net and a source of inspiration, Lisa generously...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Seriously? I Have Cancer and I'm Gaining Weight?There was a time when I thought that if you had cancer, especially late-stage cancer, you would be skin and bones. You would "look sick." Well, that certainly has not...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Stop Stealing My FriendsAfter arriving home from LUNGevity's International Lung Cancer Survivorship Conference (ILCSC), I always get down because for once I felt normal again. Surrounded by people going through the same thing I...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Cooking With CancerI was always a decent cook, but never a great cook. Although I grew up eating healthy foods and really enjoyed fresh food from the garden, I just looked at...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Traveling to Barcelona for the World Conference on Lung CancerI recently came back from a fantastic trip to Barcelona for IASLC’s World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC). Since I chaired a session at the conference on Reinventing Clinical Trials...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
I Am Mad as HellI am outraged! The Lung Cancer Research Program under the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program within the Department of Defense is in jeopardy. The current 2020 Senate version of the...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
While You Have Life, LiveI am sitting on a plane that will take me from Tel Aviv, Israel to Warsaw, Poland with the ultimate destination for today, New York City. I have been in...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
My Scan is Stable...Why Am I So Gloom?Everyone knows all to well the story leading up to scan day. We are anxious. For me, it had not always been this way. Some weeks I forget I have scans...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Chris Draft: Passion for Keasha, Football and Advocacy (Part IV)Read Chris Draft: Passion for Keasha, Football and Advocacy -- Part I.Read Chris Draft: Passion for Keasha, Football and Advocacy -- Part II.Read Chris Draft: Passion for Keasha, Football and...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments