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Why are we here?

Brian
  • By Brian · Posted April 11, 2008
  • Journal · 49 recommendations
  • When we started this community, each of us faced important health issues in our lives. Some of us have family members with medical conditions. Many of us have medical conditions of our own. All of us ...

Support your group and raise awareness with badges

Walter
  • By Walter · Posted June 20, 2008
  • Journal · 24 recommendations
  • Hi everyone. We added a new feature today that you can use to support your groups and the organizations that sponsor them, and get the word out about the causes that are important to you. If you visit ...

New feature - See what you've replied to

Walter
  • By Walter · Posted April 25, 2008
  • Journal · 18 recommendations
  • Hello everyone. We just added a feature that many of you have requested - a list of all of the posts that you have replied to. To get to your list, all you need to do is: 1. Sign in 2. Click "Me" in the ...

Welcome from TeamInspire!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted March 13, 2008
  • Journal · 16 recommendations
  • Hello, old friends and new. Today is a big day for us! We have made numerous improvements to your community, most that were suggestions from you. As you can see the site is very different then before ...

New feature: video!

Brian
  • By Brian · Posted June 28, 2008
  • Journal · 13 recommendations
  • I am pleased to announce that we have updated Inspire to support video. You can now share a video of yourself, videos that you find inspirational or informative, and more. I've included one of myself ...

So Disturbed by a Post I Read

SusanL1
  • By SusanL1 · Posted July 4, 2008
  • Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 9 recommendations
  • Hi All: I just read a post that I can't get out of my head. I am so disturbed by it because not only did it basically say in a roundabout way that if we smoked we deserve lung cancer, but also blamed ...

My 'BWP' will never be forgotten

tkitts
  • By tkitts · Posted November 10, 2008
  • Journal · 7 recommendations
  • I am sending a quick post becaouse I have not yet said how much the LCA site gave Pat Hope and others. I remember finding this site while she was in the hospital Jan. 07 and telling her that she should ...

..condolences..

a_white_rabbit
  • By a_white_rabbit · Posted June 9, 2008
  • Discussion in Help desk · 7 recommendations
  • ..i so hate losing a sheep, how much more so to lose a human.. ..i know we're gonna have fall-out here, it's in the nature of our problem, but damn, damn, damn, we shouldn't have to go to the fighter's ...

11 Year Survivor!!!! NSCLC 3-B to 4!!!

suzyqk
  • By suzyqk · Posted November 9, 2008
  • Journal · 6 recommendations
  • Hi! Just wanted to let you all know that there is HOPE!! I am an 11-year survivor! It does happen! As someone posted, most of us are out living our lives--and to the fullest. Given another chance does ...

NOW IT IS IN MY BRAIN!!!!

johnnyH
  • By johnnyH · Posted November 28, 2008
  • Journal · 4 recommendations
  • I just had an MRI to my brain on Sunday, Wed. the doctor informs me that it is now in my brain, shows me the different spots, few of them, tells me I have between 3 and 6 months left. I have tried the ...

pckitts

VJoan06
  • By VJoan06 · Posted November 6, 2008
  • Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 4 recommendations
  • About 5 hrs ago Pat's husband posted on her Carepage site. I think everybody needs to read it. Her name on the site is pckitts. Pat I love you and am praying for you. Vicky ...

lung cancer foundations versus susan G komen foundation

FOZ
  • By FOZ · Posted November 2, 2008
  • Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 4 recommendations
  • I need help in understanding How the Susan G Komen foundation is so wide spread and well known . Here in arizona she is every where. Every store has posters and signs to support breast Cancer . There ...

Has anyone heard about this treatment (studied in breast & colon cancers)??

stephanie410
  • By stephanie410 · Posted November 10, 2008
  • Discussion in Treatment options · 3 recommendations
  • Just wanted to share...received this from a friend and it sounds interesting... --Steph *Cancer Cured For Good* By Bill Sardi and Timothy Hubbell October 2008 It works 100% of the time to eradicate cancer ...

Lung Cancer Awareness Month Editorial

FrankClem
  • By FrankClem · Posted November 4, 2008
  • Journal · 3 recommendations
  • Hi Everyone, I hope that I'm doing my part in making people aware that, yes, LC has its own month. I sent this editorial to all my local town newspapers in hopes that one of them (or all of them) will ...

Nutrition and Lung Cancer Good Information

miraclelala
  • By miraclelala · Posted October 26, 2008
  • Discussion in Nutrition · 3 recommendations
  • Nutrition and Lung Cancer the following link is an online lecture by Becky Wright - quicktime or foxfire work well to help play it on your computer! Becky Wright, RD, LD 8/6/07 Becky Wright RD, LD, Nutrition ...

Losing my mom

barbsdaughter
  • By barbsdaughter · Posted April 8, 2008
  • Journal · 3 recommendations
  • Three weeks ago< I lost my best friend. I lost my mother. She was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer on april 4, 2007 which was the anniversary date of my father in laws death. Fast forward to April ...

Press Release: LCA and AstraZeneca Release Stigma Survey Results

LC_News
  • By LC_News · Posted November 17, 2008
  • Discussion in Lung cancer in the news · 2 recommendations
  • LCA and AstraZeneca Release Stigma Survey Results SURVEY SHOWS LUNG CANCER PATIENTS BLAMED FOR THEIR DIAGNOSIS As public support decreases, so do research dollars and patient hope Washington, DC, November ...

A link to inspiration for newbies and old timers alike

MARIET
  • By MARIET · Posted November 16, 2008
  • Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 2 recommendations
  • Some time ago when I was first DX, a good friend from the old LCA site, Barbra Ellen, give us a link to a site that I found to be my inspiration and salvation. I think it's time to offer this link again ...

The Today show did an excellent job!!!!

Carol40
  • By Carol40 · Posted November 13, 2008
  • Discussion in Good news · 2 recommendations
  • The today show had a segment on John Atkinson and Lung Cancer. They did such a good job, I couldn't stop crying while I was watching it. They talked about the lack of funding, stigma associated with it ...

Cancer Patients in Nursing Homes

gpawelski
  • By gpawelski · Posted November 12, 2008
  • Journal · 2 recommendations
  • Elderly nursing home residents receive relatively few cancer care services, according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Few studies have examined cancer treatment and ...

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