I am a lung cancer patient/survivor.
They say that life is a journey; some fly through life and some take the train of life. They say life is a journey that never ends. But the truth is that the journey called individual life, even if we pretend we don’t care, has an endpoint of which we are all afraid,...
I am a lung cancer patient/survivor.
In 2011, my husband was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer at age 39. I was pregnant with our second child. He proceeded to undergo the approved standard treatment for that time. Unfortunately, he progressed fairly rapidly through multiple lines of treatment, and...
I am a lung cancer patient/survivor.
Hazel Senz was diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer in March of 2014. She has been on a series of medications, including targeted therapy for her ALK mutation. She talks about her experience with research and clinical trials below.
I am a caregiver or family member.
Our journey with lung cancer began in March 2016. I had just returned to work after having our beautiful baby girl. My husband Matt and I were finally starting to get the hang of this parenting thing when an appointment to get his vision checked changed our lives...
I am a lung cancer patient/survivor.
In 2012, when I was 40 years old, a wife and mother of two amazing children, I was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. I resigned my position as a public school music teacher to go through treatment. I initially tested negative for treatable mutations, so I started...