I Have Lung Cancer - Where Do I Start?...I immediately blanked out into a mysterious place in my brain and it took a bit of time to come out of it. We all do that. ...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Salt Baths and Other Stress-Relief Techniques...Rinse afterward to make sure you get all of the salt off of your body....Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
The Cry For Help that Falls on Deaf Ears...The other patients in this state roaming around aimlessly hoping for a bright spot and a mere ray of hope need it. I cannot sit idle any longer....Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
The Highwayman, My Earthly Protector Gone...And when his favorite, Johnny Cash goes to sing, I look over at the empty passenger seat but feel his presence....Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Beating the Heat - With a Hammer (Part 2)...In the part of LA where I now live, there are few days that have an obvious and consistent breeze. In the summer, it is not only hot, Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Memories of My Lung Cancer Friends...Later, I got into 平甩功 - Ping Shuai Gong, or PSG - a Chinese soft martial art for exercise....Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
The Memory of My Lung Cancer Friends, Part 1...We had exchanges through Facebook, but we have never been formally introduced....Reactions0reactionsComments10 comments
Meet Nicole - Part II...To get in a car, I had to get in the back seat so I could lay down. I couldn’t sit normally. By July, I couldn’t walk.”...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
My Experiences with Clinical Trials...I would start a new combination therapy of Cabozantanib and Tarceva....Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Skipping Out on Life?...I could have called the night short. But I stuck it out. Was it a great time? Not at all. It hurt to stand. It hurt...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Patients Can Raise Big Voice!...The third part is to have a meeting with politicians....Reactions0reactionsComments13 comments
How a Sore Elbow Led to My Diagnosis with Stage IV Lung Cancer...He gave me a cortisone shot and sent me to another physical therapist, who sent me to another orthopedist, who sent me to a rheumatologist....Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Movement of Stopping the Smoking Stigma...To make a long story short, the first group of people is the leaders who set up the goal. However, leaders have to lead, i.e., to have followers....Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Attending ASCO: Insights for Advocates...Then they have to share with us what sort of advocacy experience they have, what sort of training they have had, what sort of organization they represent...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Cutting My Own Hair...At first, it was not thinning at all, but my scalp was beginning to hurt from a rash that began covering my body....Reactions0reactionsComments7 comments
It's Not Always The Cancer That Brings You Down...He then sent me to a pulmonologist....Reactions0reactionsComments6 comments
Stop Stealing My Friends...It all begins when cells in a part of the body grow out of control....Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
The Incident: Part 3...Samantha continues her story from The Incident: Part 1 and The Incident: Part 2. I arrived with my mother in Atlanta on Monday, October 28th. ...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
"Experts by Experience" ... That's Us!...The visit ended by the nurse yanking the needle out of my port in such a way that not only hurt when she did it but Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
