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
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
[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
[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
[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)
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
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
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
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
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…