Why We Need to Tell Our Stories of Living with Lung Cancer...Often, when I tell a new acquaintance that I am living with lung cancer, I am met with disbelief. I am asked:...reactions1comment
Maintaining a Routine in Challenging Times...As living creatures, we are biologically wired to thrive on routines. Have you ever heard of circadian rhythms? According to the NIH...reactionscomments
Attending Virtual Oncology Conferences...In the past few weeks, I have attended both the AACR (American Association for Cancer Research) annual meeting and the COA (Community...reactions1comment
August 1st is World Lung Cancer Day...Save the date now for World Lung Cancer Day 2020! The first World Lung Cancer Day was celebrated in 2012 and it...reactionscomments
Words Matter...Recently, the American Association of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) came out with language guidelines for all of their meetings and communications. The goal...reactions1comment
What A Difference A Year Makes!...Last summer, I was preparing for my older son’s departure for his freshman year at a university over 800 miles away. While...reactions1comment
Demystifying Clinical Trials...Now that we are all living under the threat of COVID-19, clinical trials have become a topic of daily discussions for everyone...reactionscomments
A New Place and A New Attitude...By now, my family and I have been seriously socially distancing since mid-March. While I see others on Facebook taking vacations, eating...reactions1comment
Advocate Spotlight: Ivy...LungCancer.net shares the stories and experiences of people living with lung cancer. We are highlighting the story of our advocate Ivy who...reactionscomments
An Update on Patient-Driven Research...Patient advocate Janet Freeman-Daily and I were invited to give a presentation recently at IASLC’s 2020 North American Conference on Lung Cancer...reactionscomments
What is Survivor Guilt?...According to the New Oxford American Dictionary, survivor guilt is defined as “a condition of persistent mental and emotional stress experienced by...reactions2comments
Are You Ready for a COVID-19 Vaccine?...I certainly am! I plan to get a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as I am allowed given the State of Illinois guidelines...reactions1comment
My Seven Year Cancerversary...I was diagnosed seven years ago, on December 26, 2013. In past years, I have celebrated my cancerversary with my family by...reactions5comments
What's Next?...I put my younger son’s final class picture in a frame that I purchased when he started kindergarten. This picture frame has...reactionscomments
Lung Cancer is NOT an Automatic Death Sentence...Recently, a woman in an online parenting group that I belong to announced that she had been diagnosed with stage IV lung...reactionscomments
Back to College in COVID Times...My family and I just came back from a 3-day, 2-night trip to New Jersey. It was the first time in almost...reactionscomments
Accomplishment and Loss...My initial plan for this article was to write about a recent accomplishment of the EGFR Resisters Lung Cancer Patient group: namely...reactions3comments
Perceptions of Palliative Care...Do you know what palliative care is? According to the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC), “Palliative care is specialized medical care...reactions1comment
Spotlight: Jim and Kristina Burke...Recently, Kristina Burke reached out to me through our EGFR Resisters website. She told me that her husband Jim was diagnosed with...reactionscomments
Do We Need a New Model for Lung Cancer Screening?...In the lung cancer community, the percentage of patients who are diagnosed with lung cancer, but have never smoked has been growing...reactions2comments
