My Lung Cancer JourneyNovember is Lung Cancer Awareness month and also my one-year anniversary as a Lung Cancer Survivor. Last Fall at #SupplySide West I...reactions8comments
Stage 4 AdenocarcinomaI was diagnosed in November 2018. A small cancer diagnosis in my right lung and was inoperable. I was put on Keytruda...reactions3comments
Lung Cancer After Bladder CancerI was diagnosed with Stage 1 bladder cancer in 2018. After initial surgery and then many BGC immunotherapy infusions and countless anxiety-provoking...reactions3comments
Five and Going on SixYears that is. Am still swimming. And dealing with a couple of other issues, too, like MS and IBS. So I have...reactions1comment
What Would You Do?13 years survivor of Stage 3 Endometrial Cancer. Just got diagnosed with Stage 3 T4 lung cancer in left upper lobe. The...reactions4comments
Kick in the GutOctober 2020 would mark 13 years cancer free from Stage III recurrent Endometrial Cancer. Finally felt safe and moved 6.5 hours from...reactionscomments
3rd TimeHi Everybody I was diagnosed with NSCLC almost 4 years ago. I had small nodules in both lungs and after biopsy in...reactions4comments
Doctors Assumed My Mom Had Lung CancerThe stigma killed my mom. My 77-year-old mom smoked. Didn’t go to doctors. Got a stomach flu type thing, went to the...reactions1comment
Never Ever Give UpCancer Survivor from New York Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital November 2019. I fought alcoholism early in life and survived it. I served...reactions2comments
My COVID-19 New NormalMy oncologist has agreed that I put my targeted therapy treatment a priority for now. Thanks to Alectinib my life is prolonged...reactions1comment
Salivary Duct Carcinoma Metastasized to LungI was diagnosed in 2018 with salivary duct carcinoma. I had a 10-hour surgery in December, 2018. In 2019 had radiation and...reactionscomments
They Said 6 MonthsEarly 2016 I was sitting in a traffic jam on the freeway and slowly became more lightheaded, which I attributed to dehydration...reactions2comments
When Symptoms and Complaints Are Ignored or DismissedI will say that when my former Primary Care Physician of many years made me feel like I was just complaining too...reactions5comments
Why Not Me?I was diagnosed Nov. 2018. I had just turned 51. I’m a middle school librarian and during Labor Day weekend, had a...reactions3comments
Not a Usual SaturdayMy dear friend was in the hospital and had to have emergency heart surgery. I went to visit her and within 30...reactions1comment
Fight! Never Give UpThis is going to be a little long. I have GERD (acid reflux) so I would have stomach pain quite a bit...reactions3comments
Lung Cancer Treatment DecisionTwo years ago I went for a routine physical. My primary dr suggested a chest X-ray. A spot was found in the...reactions7comments
Life 2.0 - Stage IV NSCLC ALK+ Brain MetsBefore the Pandemic, on a wintery day, and at my 55th year, I had shortness of breath at work. Proceeded directly to...reactions2comments
Do Your Homework!My lung cancer was found on 1/9/19, due to having a very good primary care doctor. I had to go in to...reactionscomments
Keeping up the Good FightOn April 4, 2016, 4 months before my 54th birthday, I was having trouble breathing and nearly passed out when getting up...reactions3comments
