Don't Go Digging My Grave!
Survivorship and Looking Forward Living Life with Stage IV ALK+ Lung Cancer Cancer changes everything. Early this summer, the ground beneath our family shook, cracked open and formed a whole new dimension. At least, that is what it felt like when we received my diagnosis of Stage IV Lung cancer in late June. Now we face the challenge of living with a diagnosis that holds the status of "incurable disease" and hangs a cloud over our heads. Not so many years ago, even a decade ago, a diagnosis like this brought with it a life expectancy of around a year and a stint in Chemotherapy that brought many accompanying side effects. Now, thanks to modern medical discoveries and a huge blessing from the Lord, we have a new medicine that offers us years together before facing Chemotherapy and possible further treatments. While this medicine does not promise a cure or a long life, it gives us time together. With that time comes hope that more medical advances hover on the horiz