Changing the Outlook for Inoperable Lung Cancer
By David Tom Cooke, MD, as told to Susan Bernstein The term is “inoperable lung cancer.” It means that the risk of surgery to remove the lung cancer exceeds the benefits of the surgery for a patient. However, it is hard to tell if someone is “inoperable.” Age is one factor that can slightly increase your risk, but it’s not necessarily More...
How I Decided to Hold Out for the Best Lung Cancer Treatment
By Leah Phillips, as told to Janie McQueen I was diagnosed with lung cancer in December 2019. I never even tried a cigarette. I didn’t grow up around secondhand smoke. But at first, before I had biomarker More...
A Nurse’s Perspective: The Unknowns of Treatment
By Alison Massey, as told to Susan Bernstein There is a perception that chemotherapy is like treatments from 20 or 30 years ago. They think it will have side effects that are not tolerable, but we have made More...
Advice That Helps, Advice That Hurts
By Diane Miller, as told to Stephanie Watson Until Jan. 14, 2021, if you’d asked me to describe myself, I would have said, “I’m a wife and mother.” After that day, I added “cancer More...
The Emotional Side of Treatment I Wasn’t Prepared For
By Natalie Brown, as told to Kendall Morgan When I was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer at age 33, I had to make a lot of tough decisions quickly, including whether to freeze my eggs before treatment started More...
Making Treatment Work for You
By Larry Gershon, as told to Stephanie Watson I was diagnosed with lung cancer by accident. In 2013, I went to urgent care with cold and asthma symptoms. When the doctor took an X-ray to make sure I didn’t More...
A Day in My Life With Inoperable Lung Cancer
By Amy McMillin, as told to Kendall Morgan When I found out I had lung cancer, I was working full time. That hasn’t changed. I am still working full time, and my family tries to stick with the same routine More...
As Child Melatonin Use Soars, Experts Urge Caution
Melatonin use is skyrocketing, especially among children, leading to a spike in poison control center calls and emergency room visits. Last year, poison control centers received 44,538 calls about melatonin More...
Talking About Your Myasthenia Gravis
They were just going to the movies. But the theater was way too hot. By the time they left, he couldn’t even hold his head up. He couldn’t speak. And he certainly couldn’t walk. “Fortunately, I had More...
Do You Have the Flu, RSV, COVID, or the Common Cold?
Nov. 22, 2023 – Winter is almost here, and with it may come runny noses, coughing, and congestion. But how do you know if you have just a common cold or one of the three respiratory viruses that make up the More...
