Patients need to hear “It will be okay”
By A.P. Patient 53 years old My experience with lung cancer started early last year. After intolerable back pains, I visited an orthopedist, who recommended…
Effective communication with health professionals encourages patients.
By N.L., Woman Caregiver In November 2020, my father was diagnosed with lung cancer, after a persistent chest pain, initially attributed to the bypass…
Support and information: key tools against lung cancer.
Dimitrios P., 62 year old patient I would like hereby to share some personal reflections, conclusions and feelings from my lung cancer journey so…
Turning pain into seed
By C. Apostolakos Steel is hidden in velvet. The velvet has been sweetened by loss. So has the woman in front of me, full of…
A personal story from M.E.
A personal story from M.E. I met FairLife L.C.C. through the youth anti-smoking campaign “14minutes of life” and through the activities my children participated in…
The gift of cancer
By Christos Apostolakos The gift of cancer? What is he saying? Is he crazy? Someone could say. Especially if he has been attacked by…
A family story: The clinical trial – Pilot
Our Pandora box of health problems was opened at the end of September 2018. My 47-year-old brother was diagnosed with a rare form of advanced…
Terpsichore Kanatsouli’s personal story
It is often relieving to share experiences that deeply affected us. Life is not a straight line. There are bumps in the road, ups and…
Honoring Simon Bell
Honoring Simon Bell All this is a background to this article, which is essentially a tribute to a patient that positively moved forward in dealing…
A family experience
I would like to share with you our family experience of dealing with lung cancer. Two years ago, my 62 year-old mother, a smoker for…
