A Humbling Experience...Last month I had the privilege of attending LUNGevity's International Lung Cancer Survivorship Conference (f/k/a Hope Summit) in Washington, D.C. As one...reactions6comments
Seven Tips for Parents...Navigating life with cancer can be challenging. Adding children and parenting stress into the mix can make it feel like an impossible...reactionscomments
Stage IV Lung Cancer - What Made It Real...Just after my 33rd birthday, I was diagnosed with stage IV NSCLC adenocarcinoma with a positive EGFR mutation. At the time, I was...reactionscomments
Finding Happiness When It Seems Far Away...Have you ever noticed how things sometimes just fall into place? Recently, I listened to a Webinar sponsored by Texas Oncology Foundation...reactions5comments
A Surprise from International Lung Cancer Survivorship Conference...I attended LUNGevity’s International Lung Cancer Survivorship Conference (ILCSC) in Washington DC from April 25-28, 2019. It was the first time I...reactions7comments
It’s Never Enough...I just saw my 18-year-old son graduate from high school. Although this seemed impossible when I was first diagnosed in 2013, I...reactions9comments
Searching for Joy...I started writing an article on joy. It is important for our health and well-being. I believe that and science supports it...reactions2comments
Whose Team Am I On?...It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Lisa Moran on June 6, 2023. As a cherished...reactionscomments
The Last Lesson...Alice S Pratt June 11, 2019 On that Christmas of 2016, I watched my beloved eldest sister artistically play the piano. It...reactions1comment
Telling My Children I Have Lung Cancer -- Part II...Off to surgery I went. Thankfully a friend stayed with my sons at night, and their babysitter brought them to and picked...reactionscomments
Telling My Children I Have Lung Cancer...Wednesday, July 5th at approximately 2:00 pm my life took a dramatic turn as I stepped out from the Lazy River at...reactionscomments
It Takes a Little Rain to See the Rainbow...Do you see it posted on Facebook - "God is Good!" - presumably shouted loudly and with happy exuberance? I do. It...reactions1comment
United We Live...While recuperating from surgery #2, I thought it was time to take my lung cancer diagnosis seriously and do some research. The...reactions3comments
Remembering Karen Loss...We are incredibly saddened to share that LungCancer.net team member Karen Loss passed away on June 8, 2019. Karen had been living...reactionscomments
Remembering Karen Loss...We are incredibly saddened to share that LungCancer.net team member Karen Loss passed away on June 8, 2019. Karen had been living...reactionsrepliesMemory Wall
My First Opdivo...Opdivo is an immunotherapy therapy and a new medication to treat my lung cancer. You are not alone in being scared. When I...reactionscomments
Catching a Cold with Lung Cancer...As lung cancer survivors who are going through any forms of treatment, we all know the dangers of getting sick. My entire life...reactions1comment
Rest in Peace, My Friend...I think it was April 2015 at LUNGevity’s Hope Summit when I met Karen Loss. We were at the same table. She...reactionscomments
Mother's Day 2.0...I've come to realize that not all holidays need to be expressed on the actual day. Growing up, so much importance was...reactions1comment
Surprise - You Have Lung Cancer...My husband passed in 2017 after having kidney failure; he refused to have dialysis. We had hospice care at home for him...reactions8comments
