My Caregiver, My Twin...My twin sister is one of my biggest supporters. When I was diagnosed, she was on a travel nursing assignment in Connecticut. She started her nursing career about 10 years...reactionscomments
Telling Your Story May Be Good for Your Health...“While writing about my health issues has not cured them, it has helped me develop better coping skills and even contributed to better management of my symptoms (and I could...reactionscomments
The Advocacy Why...This year has been pleasantly busy and I say that as with everything going on with this virus, politics, and everything else, well, it’s good to let the mind go...reactions2comments
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 since the early 2000s. According to surgeon Andrew...reactions2comments
What Are Digital Therapeutics?...Digital therapeutics (DTx) first entered clinical discussions in the 1990s. The idea was that technology could improve healthcare access. It could help overcome barriers of location, time, and resources. This...reactionscomments
Be Careful Out There...When you are diagnosed with lung cancer you become quite valuable. You are now able to tell a side of the story that unless you are living it you just...reactionscomments
The Racial Gap in Lung Cancer Rates Is Closing...In the United States, lung cancer rates have been declining for years due to several factors. However, one long-lasting rate is just now starting to lower: the higher rate of...reactionscomments
Research Opportunity: Health Literacy...There is a new opportunity to participate in a research study about health literacy. Health Literacy Media shares more. We are Health Literacy Media, a non-profit organization based in St...reactionscomments
Unforgettable Friendships with Lung Cancer Patients...For so many years, all the people I interacted with had some working relationship with me. I didn't have personal friends, and it didn't bother me. When I had lung...reactions12comments
FeaturedFor caregivers and loved ones...A space to discuss and share experiences caring for loved ones with lung cancer....reactions19repliesCaregiving
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 stage IV EGFR positive lung cancer in August...reactionscomments
To The Newly Diagnosed......I recently had a friend from high school reach out to me. Although she lives in Texas, her friend she wanted me to meet was in the county next to mine. A...reactions2comments
How to Demotivate an Advocate: From an HR Point of View...I'm not a great advocate. I write about lung cancer and help people by being available to listen. But that is not me going out into the world and screaming to the...reactionscomments
My Best Friend...A lung cancer diagnosis can be very isolating. Before you are diagnosed you are living your life. You may be working, retired, a stay-at-home parent but you are living your...reactions8comments
How Are You Doing, Doctor?...During recent labs, my doctor and I were just chatting. We were not talking about illness or cancer or COVID-19. Just chatting. He often says that he feels like he...reactionscomments
When A Fighting Spirit Matters...Having a chronic lung disease paves a path to lit your fighting spirit. The majority of survivors including myself choose to fight the disease. We are continuously driven to increase...reactionscomments
Upcoming Lung Association Lung Cancer Event Focuses on Mind, Body and Spirit...The American Lung Association is pleased to host its second ever virtual Lung Cancer Patient Meetup on May 11, 2021. This event will feature experts in the field speaking on...reactionscomments
RET-Positive Lung Cancer - What Comes Next?...I was diagnosed on Sept 11, 2020 with stage 4 lung cancer and I have never smoked a day in my life. No one on either side of my family...reactions1comment
Surviving Survivor's Guilt...I had never heard the term “survivor's guilt” before I was diagnosed with lung cancer. Even months after diagnosis I did not know the term. As months went by, I...reactionscomments
Stay Strong...I was diagnosed with breast cancer August 2019 and my primary care doc sent me off to Texas Oncology to begin the task of seeing oncologist, testing, and preparing for...reactions4comments