Sue McCarthy

After cancer treatment, I wanted to go right back to living my life normally, but a fellow CURE blogger’s post reminded me that rest is necessary too.

During my lung cancer journey, I learned a few important ways to help me lessen the apprehension I felt, including meditation.

As someone who disliked pink for years, it has grown on me over time, especially after having breast cancer.

When I was diagnosed with lung cancer, I didn’t want to receive chemotherapy, especially when I was a good candidate for immunotherapy.

Two vastly different approaches to navigating the cancer journey may or may not be mutually exclusive.

I’ve been involved in the cancer community — in one way or another — since the 1990s, when my mother was facing breast cancer.

A friend of mine is strong in her faith and is living well with a stage 4 cancer diagnosis. She is someone I look up to in these matters.

When I started receiving chemotherapy for stage 3B lung cancer, I initially felt hopeless.

My reliable primary care physician was such an important asset in navigating multiple cancers.

I believe I have hereditary cancer, especially after my daughter was approved to receive genetic testing for breast cancer.

When I received my diagnosis of lung cancer, I didn't want to have chemotherapy, but the doctor knew best.

All my life, I've been told that smoking leads to lung cancer. I never smoked, but I still got lung cancer.

I've found that nutrition and healthy foods play an important role during cancer.

Throughout my life, taking walks helped a lot with easing anxiety, so walking helped me when I received two diagnoses of cancer.

After having early-stage breast cancer and stage 3B lung cancer, I'm choosing to give back. Here's how.

I agree that cancer is portrayed very stereotypically in society, so here are some ways I think we can highlight the reality of cancer.

A recent experience has emphasized to me that we should live life to its fullest every single day.

At a cancer support group at my church, we sit together and share our cancer stories.

I never told my daughters what stage my lung cancer was. Was I being genuine?

Months after I was told I was in remission for stage 3B lung cancer, my "normal" shifted as the COVID-19 pandemic arrived.

This past holiday season made me realize that I feel a strong sense of fulfillment as a cancer survivor and caregiver.

When I received my CURE magazine last week, I was fascinated to see a red sticker on the cover indicating it was the lung cancer special edition.

Here's what you can be thankful for...

Every individual is unique in their own way.

Friendship means the world throughout a cancer experience.

I had to redefine the relationship with my mother during the most challenging of times.