Patient Advocacy Needs Many Kinds of Talent...I got involved in patient advocacy about a year after my lung cancer diagnosis. By that point, I'd been through one series...reactionscomments
Treatment Stress Has Its Limits...The subject of stress comes and goes as a top-of-mind item in my lung cancer arsenal. It is, at least partly, dependent...reactionscomments
Unsung Heroes...In the world of lung cancer, and surely oncology in general, there is a class of people who qualify wholeheartedly as unsung...reactionscomments
Finding Your Voice...For the lung cancer patient, diagnosis literally changes everything. For most, we have several decades of life behind us by this point...reactionscomments
Anniversary for My Lung Cancer...June is the 4th anniversary of my lung cancer diagnosis. I cannot remember the exact date and I cannot tolerate to think...reactions6comments
Sandy Spears...Iʼm Sandy Spears, a life long resident of Georgia. In May 2019 I will celebrate my 40th wedding Anniversary. That is something...
Nicole Russell...We are extremely saddened to say that on February 16, 2018, Nicole Russell passed away. Nicole was a valued member of the...
Mariah Zebrowski Leach...Mariah is a writer and patient advocate who lives in Colorado with her husband and two young sons. Diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis...
Kathi MacNaughton, RN, BSN...I am an experienced consumer health education writer who had a career in nursing that spanned more than 30 years, much of...
Karen Loss...We are extremely saddened to say that on June 8, 2019, Karen Loss passed away. Karen was a valued member of the...
Jill Feldman...Jill Feldman is a lung cancer patient and activist. When Jill was 13 years old, she lost her father and two grandparents...
Christine Wu...Christine Wu was diagnosed Stage IV ROS1 lung cancer in June 2015 that had metastasized to her brain. She was only 51...
Living with Cancer...I was on the American Cancer Society's Website, looking for information about controlling weight gain occurring during cancer treatment. I didn't find...reactions2comments
Lung Cancer - The Catastrophic Event...According to the CDC, from 1999 to 2017 (18 YEARS), almost 218,000 people died in the United States from overdoses related to...reactions3comments
Lung Cancer and Exercising...Quality of life is the main focus when it relates to lung cancer. The ability to live a normal life or close...reactions2comments
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
Don't Journey Alone...There's little that can strike fear deep down in our souls the way a cancer diagnosis can. Often, it is a fear...reactions3comments
For the Love of God, Stop the Fear Tactics...We’ve all seen them. The so-called public service announcements featuring horrific images of humankind suffering from the effects of smoking. Perhaps more...reactions14comments
When the Other Shoe Drops...Since diagnosis, I just underwent the longest amount of time without scans. We all sit and wait for the day the other...reactions3comments
It's Not Easy...Let me start at the beginning of my latest fiasco. I began getting headaches in November 2018. My next MRI was scheduled for...reactions1comment
