And counting. I’ve been so busy LIVING that I have neglected to note that we just zipped on past the eleven year anniversary of my diagnosis with lung cancer. That’s right–ELEVEN BEAUTIFUL ...
https://outlivinglungcancer.com/2016/04/10/eleven-beautiful-and-breathtaking-years/
I had my six week scan review yesterday—twenty months of stability and counting. At these appointments Dr. Shaw always gives my lungs a listen and this time she kept her stethoscope pressed to ...
I was off drug for seven days–a subsequent post will detail why. On day seven my brother John called and at the end of our long conversation he said ‘your voice is back to normal–you’re t...
https://outlivinglungcancer.com/2016/03/03/down-the-rabbit-hole-once-again/
Don’t let the title fool you—mine was merely a supporting role. The MGH Fund puts together an annual calendar, and I was asked to pose with a slide of my tumor (!) and March’s featured star...
This video was recorded at the annual LUNGevity Hope Summit in 2014 and fits in perfectly with the theme of clinical trials. When I refer to starting a new trial, it is for PF-06463922 or lorlata...
https://outlivinglungcancer.com/2015/12/08/linnea-live-i-like-the-sound-of-that/
I was initially diagnosed with non small cell lung cancer in April of 2005. My tumor was large (5 centimeters); a poor prognosticator. However, it had not spread beyond my lungs and I was staged ...
https://outlivinglungcancer.com/2015/12/07/taking-the-leap-into-clinical-trials/
Day 28: for my final post devoted to Lung Cancer Awareness in the month of November I am going to talk about my superhero: Dr. Alice Shaw. Alice and I met under what then felt like sad circumstan...
I’ve been out of control the past few months—driving, flying and riding trains. Taking care of shit and visiting folks. Having adventures. Tying up loose ends. And damned if it isn’t fabulo...
https://outlivinglungcancer.com/2015/11/05/and-this-is-on-a-good-day/
Is there some fresh way of saying ‘It’s been a challenging time?” No, probably not. And besides, challenging is a euphemism; a gentled version of what I wish to convey. It’s been a diffic...
https://outlivinglungcancer.com/2014/09/14/but-i-know-more-details-would-be-helpful/
I just made an appearance in the Massachusetts General Hospital Newsletter: Targeted Cancer Therapies Make MGH Patient Optimistic — MGH Giving. Serendipity I guess, as it looks as if I’m abo...
https://outlivinglungcancer.com/2014/04/25/word-of-the-day-optimism/