Early Palliative Care Linked to Increased Survival for Lung Cancer Patients...It also addresses the social, emotional, practical, and spiritual challenges that illness can bring up for patients and their caregivers.... By Editorial Team 2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments5 comments
Is Chemobrain Real?...Karen Pollard, a licensed clinical psychologist with a specialization in neuropsychology, who recently spoke to a group of lung cancer patients and caregivers... By Dusty Donaldson2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
My Five-Year Cancer Advocacy Journey in Patient Research Advocacy...Patient involvement in cancer research allows cancer patients, caregivers, and other shareholders to add their expertise and experience.... By Christine Qiong Wu3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
My 5th Cancerversary...My reaction compared to my husband and my mother, as my caregivers, was totally different. Their responses didn’t surprise me.... By Christine Qiong Wu3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments16 comments
Accomplishment and Loss...We have grown tremendously since our founding in 2017 and now have a membership totaling over 2600 patients and caregivers from more than 75 countries... By Ivy Elkins3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
The Advocacy Why...The time to fight is now, with integrity, grace, hope, and a smile...when you feel like it.Looking to connect with other caregivers advocating for a loved... By Yolanda Brunson-Sarrabo3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Lung Cancer Navigator for People Impacted by Lung Cancer...pathways to information for people concerned they might have lung cancer, newly diagnosed patients, patients who have completed treatment, lung cancer caregivers... By American Lung Association2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Scanxiety: A Word Well Known in the Lung Cancer Community...For many of us with lung cancer, these scans cause tremendous stress and anxiety, which can wreak havoc on us patients and our caregivers.... By Sandy Spears2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
S-E-X and Cancer...Caregivers are frequently tired and terrified, too.... By Donna Fernandez3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments4 comments
Lung Cancer Fitness Challenge...This road of advocacy is always thinking outside of the box in providing an outlet to reach the community, patients, caregivers, and medical specialists... By Yolanda Brunson-Sarrabo2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Paying It Forward After Lung Cancer...The nonprofit I founded, LiveLung, holds face-to-face meetings for lung cancer patients and their caregivers.... By Dusty Donaldson3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Kicking Cancer's __s!...That is when she decided to create KRAS Kickers, where researchers, patients, and caregivers can come together.... By Dusty Donaldson2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Support In All Of Its Forms...There are even groups for caregivers.... By Diane Spry2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
Transparency...Speaking from a caregiver’s place, it’s daunting to work with individuals who may not see it from our perspective.... By Yolanda Brunson-Sarrabo2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Hygge is a Gift We Give Ourselves in the Darkest Winter...This can be a depressingly cold and dark time, especially for people living with and battling cancer, as well as their loved ones and caregivers.... By TK Sellman3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments7 comments
It Takes One Candle to Light a Dark Room...But, I only just realized my impact this year at LUNGevity’s Hope Summit, an annual gathering of lung cancer patients and caregivers.... By Jill Feldman3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
The Surreality of Chronic Illness...My experience trudging through days with Stage IV lung cancer has opened my eyes to the unique perspective of constant adjustment that patients and caregivers... By Jeffrey Poehlmann3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
Confiding Our Fears...While talking to spouses or partners or caregivers about obvious concerns is necessary, and open dialogue should always be encouraged, there is a role... By Jeffrey Poehlmann3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Small Cell, Big Impact: New Virtual Small Cell Lung Cancer Group Kicks Off (Part 1)...Caregivers also are welcome in the group. Our SCLC group leader is Montessa Lee, long-term Small Cell Lung Cancer survivor.... By Dusty Donaldson3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments5 comments
Cruising into 2020...It was just kind of thrown out there that maybe lung cancer patients, their caregivers, and advocates should spend a little more time outside of the clinics... By Dusty Donaldson2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments