Making the Most of Summer...Summer is my favorite season, and I look forward to summer every year. But once I started on Alectinib, being in the...reactionscomments
What Would You Do?...13 years survivor of Stage 3 Endometrial Cancer. Just got diagnosed with Stage 3 T4 lung cancer in left upper lobe. The...reactions4comments
TK Sellman...TK was previously a health leader on LungCancer.net. TK Sellman, RPSGT CCSH is a career journalist (Columbia Chicago, ’90). She was diagnosed...
Not a Usual Saturday...My dear friend was in the hospital and had to have emergency heart surgery. I went to visit her and within 30...reactions1comment
Worry: The Great Thief...Worry. 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 Life...I 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 Patients...We all have goals that we want to accomplish in our lives. When you have been diagnosed with cancer, your goals can...reactionscomments
Remembering Jeffrey Poehlmann...We are incredibly saddened to share that LungCancer.net team member Jeffrey Poehlmann has passed away on October 21, 2018. Jeffrey had been...reactions4comments
The Emotional and Mental Impact of COVID-19...The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted everyone’s lives in 2020. However, recent evidence shows it may have effects beyond the inconveniences and interruptions...reactions1comment
"Well, She Did Smoke"...I was diagnosed with stage 4 adenocarcinoma December 2016. I had smoked for 30 years but had quit in October of 2005...reactions2comments
Why Can Small Cell Lung Cancer Be Challenging To Treat?...Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) makes up roughly 13 percent of all lung cancers. Lung cancer is the second most common cancer...reactions8comments
Keeping up the Good Fight...On April 4, 2016, 4 months before my 54th birthday, I was having trouble breathing and nearly passed out when getting up...reactions3comments
Help Your Friends Help You, Part Two...Our friends want to help us, but sometimes they don’t know how. This article is part 2 in sharing how I believe...reactions3comments
Attending Events and Advocating for Lung Cancer Patients...As a person living with lung cancer and doing advocacy work, I really enjoy going to lung cancer events, conferences, and summits...reactions1comment
Does Lung Cancer Stage Influence Palliative Care Decisions?...Palliative care can be helpful for people at any stage and type of cancer. However, research shows there is a lack of...reactionscomments
Symptoms - Face and Neck Swelling...If you have lung cancer, you know it can cause many symptoms. One possible symptom is swelling of the face and neck...
Remembering Ivy Elkins...We are profoundly heartbroken to share with the community that Health Leader Ivy Elkins passed away on June 23, 2024, at the...reactionscomments
Do You Still Get Nervous Before Every Scan?...I had coffee recently with a close friend of mine and during our nearly three hour conversation that covered topics ranging from...reactions18comments
How Can Patients Drive Research?...If someone had told me when I was first diagnosed back in 2013 that I would be helping to drive lung cancer...reactionscomments
I’m Alive Because of Recent Breakthroughs in Lung Cancer Research...When I found out that I had EGFR positive lung cancer, I cried tears of joy. This discovery took place less than...reactions3comments
