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
Do I Tell or Do I Not?...“My Wife Was Dying, and We Didn’t Tell Our Children” is the story of a man and woman who hid from their...reactions2comments
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
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
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
Thoracoscopy...Thoracoscopy is a minimally invasive surgical procedure in which a thin, lighted scope with a video camera is inserted into the chest...
5 Reasons to Share Your Personal Story...Long, long ago, in my previous life before cancer, I was a newspaper journalist. I worked as a reporter then an editor...reactionscomments
