Lung Cancer Awareness Month 2021 -- 2 FUNdraisers for LC Research!

Lung Cancer Awareness Month 2021 — 2 FUNdraisers for LC Research!

If you’ve been following my blog for a while, I hope you already know this, but since the media continues to mostly ignore it (even though it’s the NUMBER ONE CANCER KILLER IN THE WORLD BY A FREAKING MILE –…

Cancer Patient-ing Like it's my JOB: ADDENDUM

Cancer Patient-ing Like it’s my JOB: ADDENDUM

I titled this series “Cancer Patient-ing Like it’s my JOB” because I spend such a great deal of my time, energy, and resources being a cancer patient (beyond the baseline medical appointments and treatments).  In my disclaimers, I explicitly note…

Cancer Patient-ing Like it’s My JOB.   Part 3 of 3: Miscellaneous “Alternatives” - Oh, That’s Just Mom’s Sound Healer

Cancer Patient-ing Like it’s My JOB.  Part 3 of 3: Miscellaneous “Alternatives” – Oh, That’s Just Mom’s Sound Healer

[This is Part #3 of a 3 part series — Part 1: Diet & Supplements – Green Juice, Birthday Cake and Lots of Pills; Part 2: Exercise – Basically a Love Letter to Peloton; Part 3: Misc. “Alternative” Items  – Oh,…

Cancer Patient-ing Like it’s My JOB.  Part 2 of 3: Exercise – Basically a Love Letter to Peloton

Cancer Patient-ing Like it’s My JOB. Part 2 of 3: Exercise – Basically a Love Letter to Peloton

[This is Part #2 of a 3 part series — Part 1: Diet & Supplements – Green Juice, Birthday Cake and Lots of Pills; Part 2: Exercise – Basically a Love Letter to Peloton; Part 3: Misc. “Alternative” Items  – Oh, That’s…

Cancer Patient-ing Like it’s My JOB.   Part 1 of 3: Diet & Supplements - Green Juice, Birthday Cake and Lots of Pills

Cancer Patient-ing Like it’s My JOB.  Part 1 of 3: Diet & Supplements – Green Juice, Birthday Cake and Lots of Pills

[This is Part #1 of a 3 part series — Part 1: Diet & Supplements – Green Juice, Birthday Cake and Lots of Pills; Part 2: Exercise – Basically a Love Letter to Peloton; Part 3: Misc. “Alternative” Items  – Oh, That’s Just…

Update #24: She Gets Around (aka Picking an Oncologist)

Update #24: She Gets Around (aka Picking an Oncologist)

I had scans last week. Everything still looks good, with the caveat that there is a small amount of fluid in my lungs that wasn’t there last time. This could indicate cancer activity, but my oncologist feels it’s most likely…

Update #23: The Miracle of Exposure Therapy + Morning Buns

Update #23: The Miracle of Exposure Therapy + Morning Buns

A couple of weeks ago, I had my regularly scheduled CT scans. (Update #23/Tldr; the scans were stable/good, knock wood.) I haven’t posted about it yet for two reasons. First, my editor rejected my original draft because I joked about…

Tori Tomalia: My Mentor, My Friend, My ROS1der Co-Founder  1976-2021

Tori Tomalia: My Mentor, My Friend, My ROS1der Co-Founder 1976-2021

My friend Tori Tomalia died early on Tuesday morning February 23rd, and I’ve been a little numb. It took me hours to utter the words aloud, even to my husband, and the tears have yet to come. Honestly, I feel…

My 2020 World Conference on Lung Cancer Presentation: Patient-Directed Innovation, Research and Clinical Trials

My 2020 World Conference on Lung Cancer Presentation: Patient-Directed Innovation, Research and Clinical Trials

Last week, I presented a talk titled “Patient-Directed Innovation, Research and Clinical Trials” at the IASLC’s World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC). Originally, I was supposed to present this live in Singapore last August, but due to the pandemic, the…

Everything Happens for an Opportunity

Everything Happens for an Opportunity

I was taking an exercise class the other day and the teacher (Jess Sims, love) ranted about how crappy it is to say “everything happens for a reason” to someone who’s struggling. “There’s just no good reason for some things…