Living with Lung Cancer Blogs
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Summer is upon us! It is a time of fun, celebration, and activities. When you have lung cancer, you may feel summer is more challenging than enjoyable. However, you can still make -
Finding Hope in Emerging Therapies
In 2017, I was a medical resident. I heard from more senior residents in my Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) program that you could have a normal life in the five months of -
The Benefit of Early Detection
I am a survivor. My story is one of early detection. My story could be very different if not for that. In 2015, I had a pulmonary embolism. A CT scan of the embolism showed that
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Meet Your Medical Team: Oncology Nurse Practitioners
The Role of an Oncology Nurse Practitioner in Lung Cancer Treatment: Q&A with Rasheda Persinger Adams, NP-C There are a number of doctors and other medical professionals who -
Tips for Managing Lung Cancer During the Holidays
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 -
Balance After Cancer - Is it Even Possible? (Part 1 of 2)
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
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Putting Patients in the Center: Celebrating a Winning Cancer Care Team
Last month I had the honor of giving a presentation for the International Association of the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) Cancer Care Team award at the World Conference on Lung
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Many Hats of Caregiving (Part 3 of 3)
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
