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 tumor is large and impinging on aortic artery... By casade1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments4 comments
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 the hospital that saved my life, to a... By casade1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
3rd TimeHi Everybody I was diagnosed with NSCLC almost 4 years ago. I had small nodules in both lungs and after biopsy in one lung was give 5 doses of pinpointed... By ciennarylie2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments4 comments
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 ER. There doctors decided she had lung cancer... By ninawins1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
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 in the United States Navy and became a... By stanusvet5 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
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 and my symptoms are getting better. Quarterly scans... By Lalaine Alfaro2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
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 chemo and it looked like everything was ok... By lanny19631 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
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 and began looking for a way to the... By walker3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
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 much and that my symptoms were not real... By vikkr1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments5 comments
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 virus that seemed to hit me harder than... By shaunad1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
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 minutes of getting there, I became so ill... By jacket956701 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
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. But in December 2018, I was having pain... By rhondar4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
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 lower lobe of my right lung. I had... By judirittenhouse1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
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 my general physician’s clinic. As soon as I... By Lalaine Alfaro2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
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 see him because I needed refills for the... By nancy-j5 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
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 that morning. I had been having trouble breathing... By frank-c2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
"Well, She Did Smoke"I was diagnosed with stage 4 adenocarcinoma December 2016. I had smoked for 30 years but had quit in October of 2005. I also had severe COPD. I quit because... By jeanne701 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Diagnosed February 2019 with SCLC LimitedI had a cough that wouldn’t go away for the past year. I thought it was a “smokers cough” as I had smoked on and off for years and yet... By retiredrn2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Diagnosed EarlyI knew I had COPD as I smoked 40 years. I had trouble breathing and first pulmonologist said it was all in my head. I fired him and my current... By jezzable1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
Angry With MyselfI was diagnosed with Non-small lung cancer in October of last year stage 4. I've had multiple CT scans. I don't understand how they didn't catch it earlier. I'm starting... By yvette111 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments4 comments