Laurie Fell

Starting off year #3 surviving cancer with the same size cancer tumor as last year. The scan shows no new growth which shows that the immunotherapy is helping to maintain the cancer at the size the chemo shrunk it to a year and a half ago. Great news once again and again I thank God […]

Happy New Year everyone! With every new year comes another birthday. Today is my birthday and once again I am able to thank God for my turning another year older as a cancer survivor. I am beginning my 3rd as a 4th stage Lung Cancer Survivor still keeping up with the fight. A fight that

Hello everyone who shares this blog with me. I can’t believe Christmas is 7 days away. The time is flying by. My shopping is almost done and thanks to Lindsey my wrapping is caught up. I am tired alt lately since the time change. I wake up and it’s dark and after a nap in

My third Thanksgiving since my diagnosis and counting. I hope everyone took a good look at all they really have to b thankful for in your lives. Sooo many things to be thankful for this year. Since I have been diagnosed I had learned of 4 new cases of cancer involving my friends and their

It’s been quite a journey these past two years. I never thought I would see this day come. I did not have at clue of who I was and who I could become until I had no choice but to look at my actual Lung Cancer diagnosisand realize there is no turning back . The

I now realize how lucky I am. I am luckier than most because I have been given the opportunity to say goodbye to most everyone I love before I Join God in heaven. So many people die unexpectedly and do not get that opportunity. Their loved ones are left with memories of their last communications

With each day I count my blessings. I am so thankful for the miracle of being in the 20th percentile metastasized lung cancer patients. I continuing to hang on for dear  life and make as many memories with my family that I can. In this post I can tell you that the decision to downsize

43 years ago Peter and I moved into our house and decided to marry and have our family. Our house was a duplex at the time with 5 rooms on side and 4 on the other and a two car garage. The house sat on a corner lot and with hills and a barn off

Today was a nerve racking day as my scan was scheduled for 10:45 this morning. Every 3 months I have a scan to determine if my cancer mass is growing or spreading or if it remains the same size that it shrunk to from the chemotherapy. I usually become nervous a few days before and

Today was a treatment day for me. My daughter Lindsey faithfully drives me to the Grays Cancer Center in Hartford every 3 weeks for the past year and a half. I start every treatment with a series of blood work and a meeting with my Oncologist..Dr O I call him. Dr O asks a series