Wakanda Forever...Besides having to go through chemotherapy, the hardest thing about cancer is fighting the fear. It doesn’t matter where you are in...reactionscomments
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
Speaking Up: Sharing Your Lung Cancer Experience...Deciding to talk – or not talk – about your lung cancer can be a very personal decision. For some, it makes...reactions1comment
Mentors and Mentees...I was diagnosed with lung cancer five years ago. After three years of struggling with all the symptoms of lung cancer and...reactions2comments
When Symptoms and Complaints Are Ignored or Dismissed...I will say that when my former Primary Care Physician of many years made me feel like I was just complaining too...reactions5comments
How Do You Manage The Side Effects?...Cancer invades our bodies. In some cases, it overtakes our bodies. Yesterday I learned that I will remain on Taxotere indefinitely. It is...reactions11comments
Using Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation (PCI) To Treat SCLC...New treatment options for small cell lung cancer (SCLC) are of the utmost importance. Although medications have not changed much for SCLC...reactions1comment
A Life Well Lived (Part 2)...Read the beginning of Dusty's story in A Life Well Lived (Part 1). Many of us spend countless hours doing advocacy work...reactionscomments
A Life Well Lived (Part 1)...My friend Karla was murdered. I am still reeling from the shock. Karla was a lung cancer advocate. We met about eight...reactionscomments
I feel hopeless...My mom has stage 3 lung cancer. We wait for biopsy results....reactions1replyCaregivingCoping
Mystery of Painting...I'm a visual type of person and always want to express myself through paint and drawing. However, since my childhood, I was...reactions3comments
The Risks Beyond Lung Cancer with Lung Cancer...Sometimes just having lung cancer seems like enough, right? It complicated enough, but then there are the added scares. I am not...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
The Early Symptoms of Lung Cancer...When it comes to lung cancer, every diagnosis story is different. There is no one symptom that everyone experiences prior to finding...reactionscomments
Why Not Me?...I was diagnosed Nov. 2018. I had just turned 51. I’m a middle school librarian and during Labor Day weekend, had a...reactions3comments
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
Bucket Lists...It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Lisa Moran on June 6, 2023. As a cherished...reactionscomments
The Patient Becomes the Caregiver...I was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2013, fast forward four years and I am sitting in an ER with my mom...reactions2comments
Reflecting Back on Getting the Initial Diagnosis...My first thought was for my family. At first, the words stunned. "Looks like advanced lung cancer, we’ll know more when we...reactions3comments
Two Minutes Can Save Lives...Everyone reading this, here is how you can make a meaningful difference in lung cancer research funding -- with very little effort...reactionscomments
