A Dose of Laughter...Living with a chronic health condition can take a toll on your mental health. Life often seems full of the things you cannot do anymore, the ways the disease compromises...reactionscomments
Small cell lung cancer with Mets to the liver...Hello fighters! I read a lot of success stories here.. but from what I have read most all of them about small cell lung cancer has no liver mets. Just...reactions1replyCoping
Let’s Talk About Scans: What’s The Difference Between CT Scans And PET Scans?...I’ve read a number of posts on online patient forums lately about scan frequency and types ordered. Many advanced lung cancer patients have CT scans every three months, but others...reactions12comments
Duties of a Caregiver...As we're in the flow of the year 2020 let’s grasp how we all move forward in the new decade in lung cancer awareness. The excitement and hype of this...reactionscomments
8 Tips For A Productive Day...Often when cancer strikes, our routines change, our daily lives change, and life as we once knew it shifts a bit. Since coming off of a full-time job, I have...reactions7comments
Angry With Myself...I was diagnosed with Non-small lung cancer in October of last year stage 4. I've had multiple CT scans. I don't understand how they didn't catch it earlier. I'm starting...reactions4comments
Glad to Be Alive but Hate the Side Effects...My lung cancer was non-small cell stage 1. I was treated with radiation for another cancer and it was to help shrink this cancer also. It did, but not enough...reactions2comments
Nature's Impact on Our Physical & Mental Health...There is growing evidence that spending time in nature can help people feel less depressed, anxious or stressed. Maintaining our connection to nature can improve one’s quality of life and...reactionscomments
Mom diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer with Brain tumor...My mom(age 62) was diagnosed with stage 4 lung caner with a big tumor in the brain. She was having nausea/vomit symptoms for 2-3 months and finally an MRI of...reactions6repliesTreatment
Free Falling...I have never considered myself someone who is afraid of heights. I love to go to the top of the tallest building around when visiting a new place and see...reactions4comments
The Experience In America: Small Cell Lung Cancer...Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in both men and women accounting for 13 percent of all new cancers. Approximately 15 percent of all lung cancers are small...reactionscomments
Equality for Women: From Hitchcock Movies to Engineering to Lung Cancer Advocacy...Women experience changes in many aspects of life. The movement of “men and women are equal” has been there for a quite long time. I am going to give my...reactions2comments
One White Pine: Building Spaces for Living & Healing...Professor and landscape architect Daniel Winterbottom has been designing and building therapeutic gardens for over 20 years. Here, he shares his unique viewpoint on the power of nature to heal...reactionscomments
Road to Recovery...My mother wasn’t fortunate in her short journey with lung cancer. I would like to think she would’ve been more hopeful and impressed by the many that have beaten, and...reactionscomments
Another Milestone and My Heart Swells...I'm not sure if I mentioned in my last blog that I was able to take my 15 year old daughter to get her learner's permit. She passed on the first...reactions2comments
Stage 4 extreme weight loss?...I am the caregiver for my 64-year-old uncle, who was diagnosed with stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer about 2 months ago. By the time he was diagnosed it had...reactions3replies
Retevmo (selpercatinib)...Retevmo (selpercatinib) is a targeted therapy that is used to treat adults with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with abnormal RET genes that is:...
A Lung Cancer Story...December 13, 2008. I will never, ever forget that day. My lung cancer journey began with a car accident on that day and that accident ultimately saved my life. I...reactions4comments
Small Cell Carcinoma in Neck...My husband was diagnosed with stage 4 extensive-stage small cell cancer 3 years ago. He was not a smoker and it has not been in his lungs. A massage therapist...reactionscomments
