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 | After nearly a month of seeing pink ribbons everywhere from T-shirts to prescription bottles, we are getting ready for Breast Cancer Awareness month to end and Lung Cancer Awareness month to begin! While many people don't even know what color the lung cancer ribbon is, this is changing, and every year we see more advocacy for those I care for so much -- people living with lung cancer. (In all honesty, I'm not anti-breast cancer awareness month. I'm alive because of breast cancer research. But it's time people with lung cancer receive the same research funding as breast cancer has received.) Best wishes until next week, Dr. Lynne | | What Color is The Lung Cancer Ribbon?
What color is the lung cancer ribbon? What is being done to raise awareness? Read more
| Cancer Ribbons and Creative Outlets
Knowing what it's like to feel on the outside if you have lung cancer -- in other words, if you have anything other than breast cancer during the month of October -- you may add a smile to someone's face if you recognize the ribbon color of other cancers, for example pancreatic cancer, and lend a much needed smile of encouragement their way. Read more
| 10 Things NOT to Say to Someone With Lung Cancer
Of course the last thing many people with lung cancer want to here is yet another person asking about whether or not they smoked. But there are other remarks you may unknowingly make that feel painful to someone living with the disease. Check out these "please-don't-say" comments shared with me by lung cancer survivors. But keep in mind that saying almost anything is better than silence, or worse yet, avoiding those with lung cancer that need our support and love. Read more And, if you are the one living with lung cancer, check out these ways to cope with insensitive remarks.
| Ways to Raise Survival Your Doctor Won't Mention
Did you know there are ways to improve survival that your doctor probably won't mention - and, unlike many quack ideas, have been studied in clinical trials? My guess is that if we were talking about breast cancer, these tips would be common household knowledge... Read more
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