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This is my mom, Leslie Lehrman, in 2001. Hanging out in Hawaii with her husband, Bob, and his family. Back then, the thing my mom used to complain about was gaining weight. Oh, and that perpetual problem I recently discovered goes back to her elementary days: Her HAIR! She NEVER likes her hair. Never. While…
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…
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…
(Originally written on January 8, 2009) So, we went to another appointment where biopsy results confirmed what we believed in our hearts anyway. Yes,the lung cancer has metastasized to your neck. No, operating is not an option. Stage 4 inoperable, incurable lung cancer. We ask a lot of questions we know we won’t get answers…
“I am not ready to give this battle up yet. There is just too much to live for.” My name is Leslie Lehrman and I’m a 65 year old never-smoker with non-small cell lung cancer. My doctor’s tell me the lung cancer is “inoperable,” incurable.” I was diagnosed in 2005 for primary lung cancer through…
