Profiles in Lung Cancer — Day 5: Lysa Buonanno

In honor of Lung Cancer Awareness Month, a group of lung cancer bloggers have gotten together to show you the many faces of lung cancer. Today’s lung cancer survivor and spectacular advocate is Lysa Buonnano, who impresses me more each time I talk with her! Twitter handle: @thelysabee Blog: https://lysabuonanno.wordpress.com/ How are you connected with lung cancer? “I was diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer four years ago. I have been through chemo, radiation, four surgeries, and now targeted drug therapy (my miracle pills). How do you spend your time? “I have… Read More

Profiles in Lung Cancer — Day 4: Naomi Farley, Caregiver “Hope is so important…”

Lung Cancer Awareness Month 2015 Day 4: Naomi Farley, Caregiver “Hope is so important…” November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and each day 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. I knew that I wanted to interview Naomi Farley when I saw that she is a caregiver and that her husband Corky is in a clinical trial. When I talked to her on the phone and read her answers to my questions,… Read More

Profiles in Lung Cancer — Day 3: Bonnie Addario, “Lung Cancer patients are on my mind and in my heart every day”

Hi Readers! In honor of Lung Cancer Awareness Month, a group of lung cancer bloggers will be interviewing people in the lung cancer community and profiling a patient, caregiver, advocate or health care provider each day in November. I am excited to get to know more people who are impacted by this disease, and I hope you will join us on this ride. PROFILES IN LUNG CANCER Lung Cancer Awareness Month 2015 Day 3: Bonnie Addario, Lung Cancer survivor and advocate extraordinare. “Lung Cancer patients are on my mind and in my heart… Read More