Tag Archive: former smokers

Lung Cancer “Victim” or “Survivor” – or Both?

What do you consider yourself: A lung cancer “victim?” A lung cancer “survivor?” Or both? (Or neither?) I know a lot of times, my mom, feels like a helpless victim. I believe a lot of this stems from the fact that she has lung cancer – the #1 cancer killer and the least funded. On…

Yay! My Mom Has Lung Cancer. What a Great Story Angle!

Unfortunately, it is the truth. The pain seen on my mom’s face and the fact that she has never smoked a day in her life and has Stage IV lung cancer is the best “gift” the lung cancer community could possible have. Of course, she is not the only one that makes for a good…