“Never underestimate the power of love, and the power of your own thoughts.” Genevieve displaying a small sample of her healing art 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 we highlight a caregiver. In a completely scientific and unbiased selection process, I chose my wife Genevieve de Renne to interview. Genevieve’s role as a caregiver have been broad-reaching. Her efforts have ranged from the completely practical, such… Read More

Love story Dr. Alice Shaw (thank you MGH The One Hundred) Day 28: for my final post devoted to Lung Cancer Awareness in the month of November I am going to talk about my superhero: Dr. Alice Shaw. Alice and I met under what then felt like sad circumstances. It was the spring of 2009 and I was several months into my snatched from the brink of death fairy tale; aka crizotinib. As far as I was concerned (and I still feel this way), my original oncologist Dr. Tom Lynch walked on… Read More

As you all know, November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. A bunch of us bloggers have gotten together and are profiling a cancer survivor, caregiver, advocate, or health care professional each day this month. Today, with my second profile, it is my honor to introduce you to Dave Bjork, a fellow blogger (http://davebjork.blogspot.com/) and lung cancer survivor. Here is his story in his own words. ********************************************** Who is Dave? I am a lung cancer survivor, and I am a passionate advocate for cancer research and education. Professionally I’m the Vice President of Development for the National Foundation for… Read More