Caregiver Spotlight: Brooke Jones
Brooke Jones is a caregiver for her mom, Suzanne, and a LUNGevity Social Media Ambassador Volunteer from Mississippi. What support/resource do you wish would have been available in
Brooke Jones is a caregiver for her mom, Suzanne, and a LUNGevity Social Media Ambassador Volunteer from Mississippi. What support/resource do you wish would have been available in
The holidays are a time to celebrate, but oftentimes they can also be a time of stress as we try to create the perfect celebration. Organizing holiday festivities, bringing
Before you read about Gary’s New Normal, you can learn more about his journey with caregiving in the first part of his blog here. Following my wife Amanda’s diagnosis, we weren’t
It’s 6 a.m. and my wife, Amanda, and I are on a plane traveling to MD Anderson in Houston, TX, for her 90-day appointment. We have been on this journey for the past two years
You may have heard of the term “chemo brain” or chemo “fog”. It’s a term some patients use to describe the cognitive issues and side effects resulting from chemotherapy, radiation
On April 4, 2016, I received news that would change my life forever: my mom had been diagnosed with lung cancer. Before my mom was diagnosed, I knew nothing about lung cancer. I
I can only imagine up to this day how my sister felt the day I told her she had cancer. Perhaps for her, it felt like being punched in the stomach so hard, it makes you pass out
My sister is a walking miracle. A survivor of stage 4 lung cancer for 6 years. Survived liver mets, brain mets, bone mets. On the 10th line of treatment, 35 years old, walking. My
Carla’s lung mass kept on developing resistance to the drugs she was on, but luckily she usually had no symptoms save for some coughing. There were occasional side effects like
After the first few days of shock, we immediately went into hyper drive. Being a physician, I was front and center in all the research for lung cancer, translating the results into
When my sister, 2 years younger than me, complained of dull, constant pain on the left back area in 2011, we thought it was just because of her posture at work. Carla was then 28