Secondary Cancers...Second cancers are not a metastasis, or spread, of the original cancer. Second cancers are unique, additional cancers that start in a...
Roaming Aimlessly...To put it quite frankly, I feel as though I am roaming through life recently aimlessly. Don’t get me wrong - I...reactions10comments
Reflection on My Birthday...In the past, I usually didn’t celebrate my birthday. It was just another day. However, I took my birthday more seriously after...reactions1comment
Genetic Abnormalities - EGFR...An estimated 10 percent of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in the United States have a tumor mutation associated with...
Caregiving is Hard...Sometimes the cancer patient becomes the caregiver. Whether for a spouse or a family member, it can be overwhelming. This was the...reactionscomments
A New Social Life...Over the course of the past year, most of us have been forced to only communicate by some sort of electronic device...reactionscomments
How Others See The Effects Of My TKI...What has prolonged my life after having advanced stage 4 non-small cell ALK-positive lung cancer? Do I only owe it to my...reactionscomments
Being Your Own Best Advocate...As I was moderating the comments on the Facebook page for LungCancer.net I found a topic that comes up a lot. People...reactions2comments
Chemo Brain Chronicles...When I was first diagnosed, I kept hearing buzz words like “chemo brain” and brain fog, but I didn’t really think anything...reactions8comments
Plan of Action...When receiving the news of lung cancer; it is imperative to move swiftly. My mother spent weeks in the hospital with what...reactions7comments
Changing the Lung Cancer Stigma...I have mentioned many times that my diagnosis was devastating news to me and I know that is a common feeling in...reactions7comments
My symptoms before diagnosis...I am 69 yrs old. Was diagnosed in January 2020. Stage 4 NSCLC. Never smoked. In November of 2019, I had pain...reactionscomments
The Advocate I Want to Be...I’m an advanced lung cancer survivor for six years. For the first three years, I struggled with lung cancer, physical side effects...reactions3comments
How I'm Handling the Pandemic in 2021...This article was written in January 2021. Well, of course, the virus did not end after the new year. In fact, there...reactionscomments
Black History Month and Why Doctor Trust Matters...In a Kaiser Family Foundation poll conducted recently, about 35% of Black Americans have no plans of getting the COVID-19 vaccine, citing...reactions2comments
My COVID-19 New Normal...My oncologist has agreed that I put my targeted therapy treatment a priority for now. Thanks to Alectinib my life is prolonged...reactions1comment
Cancer In Reverse...To say that we're living in unprecedented times is an understatement. From one day to the next, our lives have been turned...reactions3comments
Not Today Rona (Part 2)...Read the beginning of Samantha's story in Not Today Rona (Part 1). Suddenly, there was a shortage of toilet paper. After the first...reactionscomments
Saying Goodbye and Thank You to a Hard Year...In January 2020, my radiation and medical oncologists said, "I belong to a group of 5% of lung cancer patients who are...reactions7comments
A Hard Truth and Facing It...My name is Ashley and I am deeply depressed. There! I said it. Saying this for the first time out loud to...reactions7comments
