myhopeisinhim Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Hi all! I just celebrated my one year of survival after my dx of stage IV NSCLC adenocarcinoma. I was dx at 40 y/o and am a never-smoker. I am on a mission to raise awareness for this nasty beast and to erase the stigma that it is a smoker's disease. Any help or suggestions would be greatly apprecicated. God bless us all! Lysa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlysue50 Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Welcome, Lysa and Congratulation on your one year since diagnosis. I am also stage 4 NSCLC adenocarcinoma and just celebrated one year survivorship August 9th. Yay! I also felt I needed to be involved in awareness and advocacy for lung cancer. I got involved on this site and have been made aware of many opportunities to do just that. I went to Hope Summit 2012 for Lung Cancer survivors last year and met over 60 other survivors. Before that I had not met anyone else with lung cancer. It was held in Arlington, VA, just outside Washington DC. There were many wonderful speakers and fellow survivors. It was a weekend I will never forget. I hope to go again in 2013 and plans are already being made for this event. Through Lung Cancer Support Community/LUNGevity I have become aware of many ways to make a difference. there are many other wonderful people here. Check out the other forums, post questions and look at the opportunities to have your voice heard. Someone here suggested I start a blog, and though I am not a professional writer it helps those who follow me on social media sites help spread the words of this lung cancer survivor. I have done things I never thought I would be able to do with lung cancer. I am sure there will be others here to offer you advice and welcome you. Again, congrats on your one year and hope for many more to come! Susan Sent from my SCH-I405 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dianew Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Lysa - congratulations on your one year anniversary and welcome to Lungevity. This is a wonderful site with wonderful members who are very supportive and full of information on how to get started advocating. As you've found, LC can use all the help it can get. Katie Brown, in particular, will I'm sure have lots of information on how to raise awareness. I hope you will consider attending the 2013 LC Summit next spring. Again, welcome and a big CONGRATULATIONS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chloesmom Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Hi Lysa, Congratulations on your 1 year of survivorship! Keep us posted on your progress and welcome to LCSC! Cindy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrea Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Such great news!!!! Welcome to the family! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Hi Lysa and welcome.This site is full of wonderful caring people who do understand. Congrats on 1 year and for many more. It's 3 for me (nsclc.) I'm sure Katie will be happy to help you with your mission, there are many ways to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric byrne Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Hi Lysa, Welcome to LCSC,congratulations on your first survivor anniversary,wishing you many,many more.Looking forward to getting to know you.Best Wishes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trawna Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Welcome, Lysa, and congratulations on your first year! I, for one, believe that removing the stigma of lung cancer and the attitudes behind that stigma is perhaps the single most important thing for us to accomplish in order to increase funding and treatments for this evil killer , so it's wonderful that you want to advocate for that. Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jyoung20 Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Congratulations and welcome Lysa!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud Baker Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Congrats, Lysa, and welcome. I remember the party we had on my one year survival anniversary. It remains the largest gathering we've ever had at our house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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