Lung cancer patient on being a cancer caregiver: Looking in the mirror
I have watched several friends and, now, a mother and two sisters at or near death from lung cancer. When my sister passed away this summer, I became a lung cancer patient caring for another lung cancer patient.
New questions surface when a cancer patient takes care of another cancer patient. During my sister's final phase, the big question for me was, "Am I looking in the mirror?" Would I go through what she was...
Saying goodbye: What I've learned as a cancer patient and caregiver
I am one of four members of my family that have had lung cancer.
I was a primary caregiver to my oldest sister, who died many years...
Lung cancer survivor completes triathlon
We did it.
With a good coach and you, my fellow cancer patients, as inspiration, I was able to complete the Long Boat Key Sprint...
Lung cancer survivor trains for triathlon
I'm a 58-year-old lung cancer survivor.
A great thoracic surgeon at MD Anderson, Ara Vaporciyan, M.D., removed my large tumor by doing a lobectomy of my upper left lobe in August 2009.
I participated in a clinical trial for two-and-a-half years after surgery. It involved some painful injections and side effects, but nothing as bad as what many patients go through.
Now, I'm training for my first triathlon...
