A Lil Lytnin' Strikes Lung Cancer

Eight months ago today I was lying on the couch eating Trader Joe's fish sticks. Those days, I was so short of breath that sitting at th...

I was at the grocery story the other day and caught sight of an acquaintance I hadn't seen for over a year. I started to walk across the...

Jason and I adamantly believe in being honest with the kids. No matter how difficult or awkward the question, we always strive to answer in ...

This is my 100th post to this blog! Who would have ever guessed, when I wrote that first entry of my travelogue, that I would end up here. ...

Cancer is forcing me to learn a whole new kind of patience. Though I am starting to feel fairly decent on my new meds, my stomach is still u...

The past few weeks have been pretty challenging. The side effects from my new superdrug, Xalkori, hit me hard. Hats off to fellow stage IV f...

My friend and fellow stage IV lung cancer fighter Jessica Rice has had a very rough road throughout her treatment. She is two years into ...

I am taking a break from talking about lung cancer to write a post in honor of my amazing daughters. These little fighters came into the wor...

I've been rather giddy about my ROS1 mutation news. When I met with my oncologist on Tuesday, she told me that I am the first person at ...

This belief has driven how I respond to stressful situations throughout my life. When I was pregnant with our first child, I took every cl...

Since this is my last cycle with my first-line chemo triplet (carboplatin/alimta/avastin), I thought I would give a little more detail about...

It is day 4 after chemo (cycle 6), so I am pretty wiped out. My exciting outing for the day was a quick haircut at Great Clips, since we are...

On Tuesday I am due to have cycle #6 of this chemo cocktail (carboplatin, avastin, alimta), the second of my "bonus rounds." For s...

23 years ago today, at age 14, I was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma of the right humerus. It is strange that now I have to refer to tha...

I learned today that a young woman just lost her 29 year old husband to stage 4 lung cancer. Three short months from diagnosis to death, he ...

As I am awaiting the results from my CT scan, I have been trying to think of ways to deal with this fear of the unknown. I have tried to l...

I am realizing that I have been, perhaps, too delicate in describing my health situation. People keep asking me questions that indicate tha...

Today I had the joy of walking our eldest to his first day of kindergarten. As he was getting ready, he told me that he may feel a bit nervo...

When I was in high school, our well-meaning cheerleaders painted the inspirational phrase, "ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING" on the wall of...

I love summer. I loved it as a kid, and I love it even more as a mom. The long, lazy days, the ease of going outside to play without bundlin...