Gail Lemaire: “I have 30% lung capacity and I’m still laughing my head off!” In honor of Lung Cancer Awareness Month, a group of lung cancer bloggers have gotten together to show the many faces of lung cancer, one for each day of the month. Today, meet Gail Lemaire, who has been beating lung cancer for 23 years. Now THAT brings hope to the rest of us! Gail, what is your connection with lung cancer? “I am a survivor of lung cancer five separate times over the past 23 years. I have also… Read More

PROFILES IN LUNG CANCER Lung Cancer Awareness Month 2015 Day 17: Kim Ringen, Lung Cancer Survivor “Everyone kept blowing off my concerns as typical pregnancy symptoms.” Twitter handle: @KimberlyRingen Who is Kim Ringen? Tell us a little bit about who you are, aside from cancer. Funny I can’t get away from cancer even in my former life….I’m a veterinarian oncologist. I love being a veterinarian. I wanted to honor the human animal bond when picking a specialty – I chose oncology for 2 reasons. #1 I wanted to help further honor that… Read More

Lung Cancer Awareness Month 2015 Day 16: Kelli “Cat” Joseph, Survivor “If there was ever a time in history to get lung cancer, that time is now.” Each day during Lung Cancer Awareness Month (November), a lung cancer blogger will share a profile of someone involved with lung cancer. The person profiled might be a patient, caregiver, advocate, researcher, or healthcare provider. My own observation about the online lung cancer advocacy community: although smoking causes an awful lot of lung cancer, most advocates whose work I know about are never-smokers. Why aren’t… Read More