Janine taught school from 1991 to 2012. She was a special education instructor, advisor and life coach at The Horizons School for young adults in Birmingham, AL for 12 years. Janine also taught as the assistant teacher in Group 5 (4th/5th grade) at the Westland School in Los Angeles, CA. Janine earned a Master of Education and state teacher certification from the University of California in Los Angeles in 1991. Janine’s husband, Don was diagnosed with a pancoast tumor of squamous NSCLC in 2009. After curative doses of concurrent chemo and radiation a tumor on the spine then months later a tumor in the other lung was found but biopsies were undiagnosable and treatments continued until 2012. As of today, Don is NED and living life. Janine began visiting the Grace website in 2009 seeking information about her husband’s disease and hasn’t yet left because she understands the important link the forum makes between information and the individual.
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GRACE is celebrating our 10th year!
In recognition, we would like to introduce you to the staff and board members who are so deeply involved in bringing GRACE to life. In this video, we introduce Janine Thompson.
Dr. H. Jack West and the GRACE community have been helping each other since before that time but in this 10th year as a non-profit, we are pleased and humbled by the feedback and graciousness of those we have the pleasure to work with, and those who have found help and support through our GRACE site.
Forum Discussions
Our Targeted Therapies Forum was held on Saturday. The entire forum is available on demand. The agenda is at the beginning to help navigate.
Soon, the forum will be divided into smaller videos
Targeted Therapies in Lung Cancer forum is tomorrow.
This live, virtual, interactive patient education event includes presentations and panel discussions covering educational topics
Hello OutThere! This is Janine, GRACE's Community Outreach Team member. I've been a part of the Grace community since 2009, just before my husband was diagnosed with stage 3B nsclc. Long story
GRACE is having our annual Targeted Therapies in Lung Cancer Forum on March 15, 2025. It's a virtual, interactive patient education event that includes presentations and panel discussions covering
Hello!
One of our partners, Platforum Health/MedLive, is looking for an NSCLC patient from Florida to participate in a patient education initiative. The person needs to have been seen at Moffitt if
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Hi bluesun,
I don't know of any organizations that might help. I'm so sorry to hear about your mom
Glad to help. FYI, I just edited the link, which has the agenda and links to oncologists' bios
Hi and welcome. I'm sorry you're so worried about this. We or any other entity on the web can give
Hi amitchouhan,
Welcome to Grace. At this time, there aren't any targeted therapies to treat SCLC
Hi krivene,
Welcome to Grace. I'm glad to hear your dad is doing well. How long did he take