Love and Lung Cancer
Even the strongest of relationships can feel the strain of a cancer diagnosis. However, cancer doesn’t have to be the destroyer of all the love in your partnership. Couples in our
Even the strongest of relationships can feel the strain of a cancer diagnosis. However, cancer doesn’t have to be the destroyer of all the love in your partnership. Couples in our
Not that there's anything wrong with me - other than having cancer that is - but I've been going to see doctors other than my oncologist fairly regularly in the last few months
Today, January 12, 2019 is National Glazed Donut Day and the day after my most recent post-scan appointment with my oncologist, a day when, if I'm lucky - as I have been for the
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
Now that I'm back to every-three-week-chemotherapy infusions, getting through the "holiday" season becomes very tricky. One week delay due to unacceptable lab results can have a
With apologies to Simon and Garfunkel: burping, hiccuping, coughing, "expectorating," wheezing, sneezing, sniffling, nose running, nose bleeding, nose blowing, "gassing," gurgling
As I sit and attempt to write next week's column, I do so on Saturday, October 27. Aside from being my close friend, Cheryl's, birthday, and the day before my brother, Richard's
Not "to the east side" and not "to a deluxe apartment in the sky," but if fictional New York City cleaning business icon George Jefferson had been diagnosed with lung cancer as I
Stay the course. Meaning, to write short a long story: same three week chemotherapy interval, same medicine/dosage, same quarterly scan to be followed up by usual and customary
Like so many others, my lung cancer diagnosis came as a huge shock for me and my family. In December of 2016, I was a healthy, active flight attendant who loved to travel. I had
Now that I've spent the last two publishing weeks moaning and groaning about my potentially life-changing CT scan results from my upcoming September 26 scan, I think it's time to
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