We tell ourselves stories in order to live. ~Joan Didion
From the moment lung cancer is diagnosed, you are living with it forever. There are layers to peel away in order to understand what that means, to build a life. You do it one step at a time.
. Just when you imagine spring with happy anticipation of gardening and bicycling, you get a reminder that you are
Cancer checkups are almost better than a BOGO offer at the grocery store. You have a test, you get
You could have knocked me over with a feather. Although the appointment for the damn CT scan kept sliding from
. Garbage Cat Now that my cat has knocked half of my desk contents onto the floor, I can begin.
. “Of course, a big part of the difficulty of living with lung cancer is that you have to be
A Quick Note This is an unusual post, for me at least, because I’m telling you about something that
Cancer Scan Anxiety <sigh> “Twitchy.” That’s how Dr. Oncology describes the way a lot of her patients feel about a
December 10, 2023 Many people who live with lung cancer are active advocates for research funding. I’m an armchair advocate–
T-minus 14 days until the quarterly glow-in-the-dark refresher and that dang cancer dread scrabbles like mice at the back of
May each of us rest in a moment of gratitude today, and every day.
Killing Time CancerShrink ended our time last week with the story of a Seinfeld routine. Seinfeld had been off the
You can walk away from lung cancer treatment with a lot of tools. Play your cards right and you
