Telling My Children I Have Lung Cancer -- Part IIOff to surgery I went. Thankfully a friend stayed with my sons at night, and their babysitter brought them to and picked...reactionscomments
Change the Language ChallengeDear Lung Cancer Community, Religion can be a very sensitive subject to discuss and the last thing I want to do is...reactions2comments
Advocate Spotlight: AlisaLungCancer.net shares the stories and experiences of people living with lung cancer. We are highlighting the story of our advocate Alisa who...reactionscomments
To My New FriendsOver the last ten years I have prided myself in being as helpful as I can to those newly diagnosed. I have...reactions3comments
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
