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  • Forum Post: Partner Working Group

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    Posted 7 days ago
    Hi Everyone Jo's Trust are currently looking to further develop their work in providing information and services for partners of women who have gone through a cervical cancer diagnosis. Currently there is very little out there to help partners and they'd like to give more focus to this important...

  • Forum Post: Come and volunteer with Bristol Buddies

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    Posted 27 days ago
    Hello, I sent around an ad a month or so ago, as I was looking for some volunteers to help co-ordinate Macmillan's Bristol Buddies service. Well good news is that I nearly have a full team of co-ordinators. If anyone is still interested, then have a look at the advert on the Macmillan website...

  • Forum Post: Come and join Macmillan's Bristol Buddies team

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    Posted 28 days ago
    Hello, I sent around an ad a month or so ago, as I was looking for some volunteers to help co-ordinate Macmillan's Bristol Buddies service. Well good news is that I nearly have a full team of co-ordinators. If anyone is still interested, then have a look at the advert on the Macmillan website...

  • Forum Post: Re: So Low

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    Posted 1 month ago
    i completely understand why you made that choice [not that i know anything about the hospitals you mentioned, but i do know that standards of care and expertise do vary]. i really hope that the people treating you do their best and that you feel able to trust them. Re. your doctor being horrified...

  • Blog Post: Benefits webchat 28 March – transcript

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    Posted 1 month ago
    Money worries are the last thing you need when you’re living with cancer. And, with changes to the benefits system coming in this month, many people living with cancer may be concerned how they will be affected. In this live webchat, Welfare Rights Advisers Sarah Presto, Justine Devenish...

  • Forum Post: The MacMillan Charity Ball & Auction - Ayr, Scotland

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    Posted 1 month ago
    Hi guys, I am hosting a charity ball and auction at Ayr Racecourse in Ayrshire, Scotland. But I'm having bother flogging the tickets. I have 75 at £30 for a champagne reception and 3 course meal. Any tips? Here's a link to the events page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com...

  • Forum Post: Calling Ayrshire Supporters - The MacMillan Charity Ball & Auction

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    Posted 1 month ago
    Calling All Ayrshire Supporters! I really need your help. My name is Laura Cunningham, 21, from Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire. Before I tell you about the MacMillan Charity Ball & Auction I want to clue you up on me and why I support MacMillan. The brutal truth is... Cancer hasn't had that much...

  • Blog Post: When treatment ends, the need for support continues

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    Posted 1 month ago
    People coming to the end of cancer treatment need a “recovery package” to help meet their ongoing support needs - according to the Department of Health and Macmillan Cancer Support. When I saw this news story , it was certainly no surprise to me to hear that people’s cancer...

  • Forum Post: Free patient empowerment conference for people with rarer and less common cancers

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    Posted 1 month ago
    The Rarer Cancers Foundation Patient Empowerment Day The Holiday Inn London–Bloomsbury Coram Street , London WC1N 1HT . Monday 3 rd June 2013 10.00am – 3.30pm (lunch included) The Rarer Cancers Foundation is holding a patient day for cancer patients, carers and...

  • Blog Post: Bowel cancer diagnosis – what was your experience?

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    Posted 1 month ago
    You may have seen the news this weekend that bowel cancer rates have risen sharply among men in the last 30 years – much more than the rates in women. The reasons for the rise are not fully understood, although risk factors for bowel cancer include, age, diet, smoking, a lack of physical...

  • Forum Post: Carers Week 2013

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    Posted 1 month ago
    Join us for Carers Week 2013 Carers Week 2013 begins on Monday 10 June and we’re hoping it will be the biggest yet. If you look after someone with cancer, you may not think of yourself as a carer. You may say ‘I’m just being their partner, daughter or friend’. Yet, the support...

  • Forum Post: Looking for people with similar experiences

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    Posted 1 month ago
    Hello, My partner was fairly recently diagnosed with secondary lung and primary bowel cancer - treatment palliative. He has been in hospital and hospice for the 9 weeks since he was diagnosed (which took way too long but thats another subject!), but he is at home now. He is just 45 years old...

  • Forum Post: Fancy a Walk?

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    Posted 1 month ago
    I’m a keen walker and lover of the outdoors and really could do with meeting people that fancy a few hours walking in the Yorkshire Dales. My wife has breast cancer and I could do with a chat with somebody that is going through or has experience of something similar.

  • Forum Post: Life after Anal Cancer

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    Posted 1 month ago
    Hi everyone, I don't know if any of you are aware of the Behind Cancer Campaign and calendar I started back in 2010 after my mother was diagnosed with anal cancer but I now work for the HPV and Anal Cancer Foundation. The foundation started in the US after the Almada sibling's mother died...

  • Forum Post: terminal ileum cancer - Mum's tumour is not inoperable but SHE IS!

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    Posted 1 month ago
    My mum (73) has not been eating for a long time, getting weaker, losing weight and refusing to see a doctor. On February 4 she had a fall and broke an arm, so had to go to hospital where after four weeks of increasing weakness they diagnosed (through scan, too weak for colonoscopy) a large tumour on...

  • Forum Post: After treatment and on road to recovery...anyone else have a great husband...but feel that they just don't get it??

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    Posted 1 month ago
    I had a MX in November and rads in Feb. I feel lucky to have survived it all, but feel a distinct lack of support from my husband who just seems to get on with it and has no consideration for how I'm feeling at the moment. Have I been 'too strong' that he just seems to think that it's...

  • Blog Post: Have you seen Macmillan’s research on prostate cancer and sex?

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    Posted 2 months ago
    Some of you may have noticed some news stories over the weekend about the damaging effects of prostate cancer on men’s sex lives . Research by Macmillan has shown that two out of three men living with prostate cancer are unable to get an erection, and around 160,000 men in the UK have little...

  • Blog Post: Get support this Mother’s Day

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    Posted 2 months ago
    With Mother’s Day coming up this Sunday, there’s a lot of talk about gifts, cards and people appreciating how wonderful their mums are. But, for many people, this can be a really difficult time of year. If you have lost your mum, or are supporting her through cancer, Mother’s Day...

  • Blog Post: Planned community downtime – Tuesday 26 February

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    Posted 2 months ago
    Hi everyone – we just wanted to let you know about some planned downtime for the Online Community on the morning of Tuesday 26 February. We’ll be making some technical updates to the site, which, unfortunately, will mean that you won’t be able to access the site for a few hours...

  • Blog Post: Who do you turn to? Our poll results are in

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    Posted 3 months ago
    Getting a cancer diagnosis is hard. Talking about it can be even harder, but for many people it’s a vital way to deal with their emotions. This week is Cancer Talk Week , and we’re encouraging people to open up and share their feelings. Over on our Facebook page, we’ve been...

  • Blog Post: Cancer Talk Week: Who do you turn to?

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    Posted 3 months ago
    Talking about cancer can be hard. While most people find that friends and family are a vital source of support after a cancer diagnosis, some also find that it is hard to open up to those closest to them. This week, as part of Cancer Talk Week , we’re asking who you turn to for support...

  • Blog Post: Getting the support you need over Christmas

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    Posted 4 months ago
    Here in the Community team, we’re preparing to spend some time eating, drinking and exchanging presents, and we’d like to wish you all a very happy Christmas. However, we know that this isn’t always a happy time for everyone, and many of our Community members will still be...

  • Blog Post: what gets you through

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    Posted 8 months ago
    Getting a macmillan nurse, joining websites that help, seeing a therapist that specialises in Cancer. Choosing your own hospital one thats best for your care package. Joining a singing group, dance group knitting group. somewhere to giggle inbetween the tears.

  • Blog Post: Helping my MIL through her treatment

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    Posted 9 months ago
    Hi My MIL has just started her chemo (yesterday). She was very upbeat and was, pleasantly suprised at how much better it was than she had feared and initillly thought. She returned home after 2 hours drip feed treatment with steroids and was very positive. Today, she has woken in a very different...

  • Blog Post: Meet the Team: Mobile Information and Support Specialist

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    Posted over 1 year ago
    If you’ve been affected by cancer, Macmillan’s team of experts is here to support you. Each month, on the Community News Blog, we’ll be introducing you to someone from a different part of Macmillan and asking them all about the wonderful work they do. Amanda Fry is a Mobile Information...

  • Blog Post: Race For Life 2012

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    Posted over 1 year ago
    http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/stephanieheyes This is my fundraising page. I am doing the race for life along Blackpool Promenade this year! I will be running for family members who have lost their lives to cancer, myself as a cancer survivor and all the other fighters out there. I will be looking...
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