fillise Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/2 ... ng-cancer/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Wow........thank you for the link! Some very emotional and powerful messages. How's your mother doing? Thinking of her. Kasey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fillise Posted April 23, 2009 Author Share Posted April 23, 2009 I thought the stories were powerful as well. One prominent theme was the smoking assumption. I'm starting to think that we need an advocacy campaign based on the theme "anyone can get it" to frighten more people into demading that we adaquately fund lung cancer research. That 22 year-old in the "voices" piece would be a perfect spokesperson! Hmmm. . . Mom is doing well right now. She completed the last of six chemo treatments in March and her scan earlier this month showed that she is stable. She now gets a treatment break of at least 3 months--which is very welcome news. She is feeling pretty good and looking foward to her hair growing back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recce101 Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Thanks for the link. Did you notice that someone we know gives the first interview in this excellent New York Times series? Ned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieB Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 One of the survivors is Jerrold Dash. He spoke at my walk last year and he's a sweet sweet guy. Thanks for posting this here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fillise Posted April 23, 2009 Author Share Posted April 23, 2009 Ned--I didn't make the connection until you mentioned it! I THOUGHT that story sounded familiar when I was listening, but I thought it was just cause it was so similar to my mom's. Susan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud Baker Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Great stuff! I follow Lisa's blog, and shared speaking duties with Jerrold at the DFW Walk/Run for Lungevity, so it was great hearing both of them. I thought the other stories were excellent, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadstimeon Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Great Post! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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