Jimmy Cobb, prolific jazz drummer who worked with Bille Holiday, Dinah Washington, Dizzy Gillespie and most famously Miles Davis, as the last surviving member of Miles Davis’ First Great Sextet, has died at the age of 91. He fought a lengthy battle with lung cancer, and he is survived by his wife and two daughters. Cobb’s subtle, steady and understated [...]
https://discoverlafayette.net/podcast/isabella-de-la-houssaye-living-with-stage-4-lung-cancer-as-she-biked-across-the-u-s-to-raise-awareness-of-the-disease
https://lungevity.org/news-blogs/blogs/cross-country-journey-for-lung-cancer-awareness
I received my liquid biopsy results on Friday. A liquid biopsy is a blood test that detects cancer cells circulating in the blood. Proponents believe it is the future of early cancer detection. The idea is that a simple blood test at your annual check up could tell you if you have cells that could possibly become "cancer". Others emphasize [...]
https://ridewithgps.com/journal/4698-user-spotlight-isabella-de-la-houssaye?otu=
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/san-diego/story/2020-03-11/dying-lung-cancer-patient-launches-cross-country-bike-ride-in-san-diego
The past two weeks have been filled with many ups and downs related to my lung cancer but the one constant has been intense and at times debilitating pain. It was the pain I was experiencing that led me to push for scans two weeks ago and that pain increased exponentially over the ensuing days. The causes were unknown—possibilities ranged [...]
Ronald Shurer, the Green Beret medic awarded the Medal of Honor for aiding the wounded during a six-hour firefight in Afghanistan in 2008, died of lung cancer Thursday. He was 41. In an Instagram caption accompanying a photo of him and his wife, Miranda, the retired Army Special Forces medic on Wednesday expressed concern about the efficacy of his lung-cancer [...]
I rode my bike 70 miles yesterday, to and from my doctor's appointment at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Monmouth County, NJ. It was cold and I was carrying a heavy backpack (now that I no longer have a "bike support team"), and I didn't even know if my route was bikable. For some reason though, I felt more [...]
As with life on the road, life at home is filled with twists and turns that trigger a "wow, that's great" response or an "I can't believe this is happening" response. I think it is human nature or at least human learned behavior to want to label "what is" rather than just accept it "as is". I had two experiences [...]
We arrived home to our five children, flowering garden, unopened mail, dishes in the sink, dirty clothes on the floor, etc. etc. with an overwhelming mix of emotions reflecting the chaos around us. Our life. It is at once beautiful, uplifting, oppressive and stressful. It is good to be home. I was summoned mid day to the kitchen, expecting to [...]
It was late fall of 2005. I remember the feeling in the pit of my stomach when we were told my mother had Stage IV lung cancer. We thought she had a mild stroke. At age 73, she was the picture of health. An avid tennis player, she looked wonderful. I could not believe what I was hearing. Six months [...]
Suzanne Marie Trumbore Leitschuh, age 65 of East Thetford VT, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 23rd, 2020, of metastasized lung cancer at the Jack Byrne Center for Palliative and Hospice Care. She was born September 9th, 1954 in Lawrence MA, to Mary J. Trumbore and Lewis C. Trumbore Sr. She is survived by her two children, Lydia R. Leitschuh, [...]
We road another 100+ miles today from Hanover, VA, crossing into Maryland at the Potomac River in Morgan Town, crossing back into VA at Alexandrea, and back over the Potomac again to end at Capitol Hill in Washington DC. A beautiful end to the first chapter of the BikeBreatheBelieve advocacy campaign for lung cancer awareness. David and I said good [...]
We biked 105 miles today crossing from North Carolina into Virginia through Richmond to Ashland. It was a long, hard day complicated by wind, rain and traffic with very little time to experience a moving meditation or contemplate anything other than moving forward and staying alive. Some days are like that. Road weary, I will keep this simple with a [...]
We biked 110 rainy miles today from Raleigh, NC to Roanoke Rapids, and the highlight of the day was seeing my cousin Charles for the first time in many years. Seeing him brought back so many childhood memories and led me to reflect on my family growing up and the family David and I have created. Family can be a [...]
Unfortunately Sharon lost her three-year battle with EGFR-mutated lung cancer yesterday, at the age of 51. She leaves behind a loving husband, three daughters, two sons, three grandsons, her parents and siblings—all of whom already miss her and will cherish her memory forever.
We biked 120 miles through North Carolina today, leaving the eastern coast behind and moving inland on rural roads towards Raleigh-Durham. We passed miles and miles of beautifully cultivated fields: hay, soybeans, but mainly tobacco. North Carolina is the leading producer of tobacco in the US and tobacco is the state's leading cash crop. Great for the North Carolina economy, [...]
We biked 115 miles today, leaving the beautiful historic city of Charleston and cycling north along the Eastern Seaboard to the North Carolina border in Little River. The most striking aspect of the ride was how much history is rooted in this seaside corridor, so I'd like to share some of the more interesting facts. In 1776, Charleston was the [...]
Michael fought his battle with EGFR-mutant lung cancer with unwavering bravery, strength, positivity, and determination. He battled back from one terrifying obstacle after another yet never lost his courage, never once gave up the fight...till it was clear these past few days that there was nothing more that could be done. Since his diagnosis in April 2018 Mike quietly but [...]
She was a kind, warm-hearted and down to earth person who cared a lot about kids and was quite sad that she would likely leave this world without being able to have any or even foster, as she briefly considered doing before she passed at the age of 40. I think she deserves to be remembered. https://m.legacy.com/obituaries/app/obituary.aspx?n=leah-shoshana-hammerman&pid=195124861&referrer=0&preview=True
We biked 109 miles today from Savannah into South Carolina, ending in Charleston. The highlight of the day was visiting the Angel Oak Tree on Johns Island, a southern live oak considered to be one of the oldest trees in America. Some estimate it to be 400-500 years old and others 1500 years old. Either way, it's been around for [...]
The self you leave behind is only a skin you have outgrown Don't grieve for it. Look to the wet, raw, unfinished self, the one you are becoming. The world, too, sheds its skin: It's easy to lose this tenderly unfolding moment. Look for it as if it were the first green blade after a long winter. Listen for it [...]
She was Chris to everyone else, she was "Mamoo" to me. My grandmother loved me more than any human could love an other. She also loved CocaCola and the NYT crossword puzzle. When she died of lung cancer in 2001 at age 73, I was so angry. She had been a smoker, but had quit long before her death. I [...]
I am a Stage IB Mucinous Adenocarcinoma Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Survivor. The tumor on my left lung was an incidental finding while being treated in the Emergency Room as a result of being a passenger in a motor vehicle accident. I received a diagnosis and a lower left lobe lobectomy on my left lung in July of 2016. I [...]
Lesley died Aug. 30, 2017, in Davis, Calif., almost four years after her diagnosis with neuroendocrine (atypical carcinoid) lung cancer. She was a brilliant environmental law scholar as well as a devoted wife, mother, sister, daughter, and dear friend to many. Lesley came to Princeton from Cincinnati and majored in civil engineering with a certificate in the Woodrow Wilson School. [...]
Sometimes in life there are coincidences that reconfirm that the universe is unfolding as it should and today we had one of those experiences. We biked about 85 miles to Savannah, through more marshy landscapes filled with gigantic southern live oaks and remnants of American's colonial roots and revolutionary war history. We passed hundreds of commemorative plaques along the way [...]
After learning of yet another friend's death from lung cancer it is clear that while my bike across America is over, the campaign for lung cancer awareness must continue. To that end, BikeBreatheBelieve will continue to post information about lung cancer, dedications to people living with lung cancer and who have died from lung cancer (please continue to send dedications [...]
Jim was a standout Soccer and Track star both in High School and College. Later in life he became an outstanding triathlete. The year he was diagnosed with lung cancer at the age of 45, he competed in the Penn Relays. He never smoked. Jim passed six years ago on this very day, April 20th. Had he not lost his [...]
I have been blessed to be married to Charles for almost 37 years. He is the most humble, most honorable, loving, and faithful husband and father I know. In June of 2017, he had an angiosarcoma tumor removed from the back of his neck. No further treatment was prescribed. Then in the fall of 2018, he was diagnosed with radiation [...]
