Changing the Lung Cancer Conversation
This blog is something I’ve been thinking about for a very long time. I’ve hesitated to write about it, with the fear of being misunderstood, but I think it’s important enough to take that risk....
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Spilled Milk
A Year in the Life of a Lung Cancer Survivor – start from the beginning here and bookmark our blog as we chronicle Jeff’s experience in bite size blogs posted once a week. “According to the notes I’ve...
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Scans and Signs
A Year in the Life of a Lung Cancer Survivor – start from the beginning here and bookmark our blog as we chronicle Jeff’s experience in bite size blogs posted once a week. “According to the notes I’ve...
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Live Long and Prosper
by Jeff Ehlers Introducing a new blog series- A Year in the Life of a Lung Cancer Survivor Bookmark our blog as we chronicle Jeff’s experience in bite size blogs posted once a week. “According to...
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No Longer Alone
Alisa was too busy caring for her mom, who was fighting cancer, to pay any attention to her own health. She was a single mom to twin boys, her mother’s caregiver and was working full time. Alisa just...
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A Strange Place to Live In
“If I had a gazillion dollars I would fund massive education programs for oncologists, getting them up to date on stage IV so that I don’t have to hear any more stories about people being sent home to...
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A Survivor Mindset
by Tracy Anderson When people hear that I am a lung cancer survivor (5 years cancer free come Dec. 17, 2014) and the stage it was discovered, they look at me as if I am a big foot… you hear about them...
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A Permanent Reminder
Never say Never… Admit it; we have all declared at one time, in some way, “I will never…!” I know I have. There are many things I said I would never do that have been refuted, but one thing I said I...
View ArticleLUNGevity Advocate Dan Powell
2013 was the best year of my life. I was newly married to the girl of my dreams. We had a new house. I adopted her son and had major career advances (winning multi-million dollar grants for our...
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28 yr old Makes Film After Lung Cancer Diagnosis
“Making this movie means we are not victims to cancer. Making this movie means we are survivors, ready and willing to share our story with the world in the artistic medium that we love the most,...
View ArticleOne Less Thing
Forrest Gump knew when he voiced over: “Mama got the cancer and died on a Tuesday. I bought her a new hat with little flowers on it. And that’s all I have to say about that.” And if you watched the...
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Volunteer Spotlight- Benita Rankin
“When I learned about the LifeLine Support Program I jumped at the chance to sign up and be a part of that. I had met Katie Brown with LUNGevity a couple of years earlier and I attended some events...
View ArticleSomething New – or Old, to Consider
And therein lies the anxiety. Although, all things considered – and as you regular readers know, I like, maybe even need, to consider all things – the medical assessment of the most recent CT scan of...
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LUNGevity Hero Richard Heimler
LUNGevity Foundation is proud to announce Richard Heimler as the June LUNGevity Hero. His journey since his spring 2004 diagnosis of lung cancer has inspired many, showing that continued research into...
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Happy Father’s Day!
To those who are fathers, we celebrate you and thank you for being there for us, instructing, guiding and shaping us. To those who are still able to celebrate this day with your father, make the time...
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Living with Lung Cancer
Sherry Guarneri suffered a multitude of physical effects from her lung cancer treatments including hoarseness in her voice from the chemo, losing her balance, losing her hair, migraines, nausea,...
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Teachable Moments
Melissa Crouse is an educator who teaches orchestra and chorus in a middle school and she is always looking for those “teachable” moments. Diagnosed in 2005 with non-small cell lung cancer, people are...
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Dear Cancer…
by Jeff Ehlers (I wrote this while I was waiting for my flight in the DC airport following the 2014 LUNGevity HOPE Summit.) What would you say to cancer if you could send it a letter? That was the...
View ArticleWhew
Originally, this column was to be a discussion about the communication process between my doctor and this patient. Specifically, the time lag between when tests are performed/completed and when those...
View ArticleNot Yet, Really
While we’re exchanging pleasantries here, in semi real time – although this column will not be most read until March 6th (I need to submit it on Monday, March 3rd as we go to press on Tuesday, March...
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