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Blog Post: Cancer’s hidden price tag

Posted by Laura Su - admin
Posted 1 month ago

Cancer is one of the most challenging fights a person can face. What people don’t often realise is that at this difficult time cancer patients can also struggle financially. Macmillan's campaigns team tells us more. We’d like to tell you about Mario. Mario was running an...
Blog Post: When treatment ends, the need for support continues

Posted by Priscilla - admin
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: Carers Week 2013

Posted by Fiona - Macmillan
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: Cancer patients and the feeling of 'Otherness'

Posted by AlexNTU
Posted 3 months ago

My name is Alex Reitemeier, I'm a psychology student at Nottingham Trent University doing some research into cancer. I want to find out if other people's reactions to a person's cancer shapes and changes their self-perception. I have emailed and received permission form the Macmillan...
Forum Post: Stage 3 Bowel Cancer, 3 adjuvant chemotherapy sessions to go

Posted by pdjroberts
Posted 4 months ago

I'm a newbie to this site, so forgive me if I make any mistakes in my first posting I was diagnosed with bowel cancer in May 2012, joined the "Foxtrot Trial" shortly afterwards and had three sessions of chemotherapy prior to surgery in August 2012. I have now completed six of the nine...
Blog Post: Work and cancer webchat - transcript

Posted by Priscilla - admin
Posted 5 months ago

Whether you’re living with cancer or supporting someone who is, the impact on your working life can be really serious. You might need to take time off, reduce your hours or work more flexibly – and you could be worried about earning less money or being treated unfairly by your employer...
Forum Post: RE: Capability Sickness hearing and no Union rep

Posted by Wildbreast
Posted 5 months ago

I am in a terrible mess. HR is sending me to a Capability Sickness Hearing; this is because I had a 10 months sickness absence from work. The reason was related to the BC I had some years ago. I had to be investigated for mets and I just couldn't take it. Although the test came clear I found myself...
Blog Post: Work and cancer webchat – Friday 30 November

Posted by Laura Su - admin
Posted 5 months ago

Whether you’re living with cancer or supporting someone who is, the impact on your working life can be really serious. You might need to take time off, reduce your hours or work more flexibly – and you could be worried about earning less money or being treated unfairly by your employer...
Forum Post: Hope, a Shark and a Hangover

Posted by kojack11
Posted 9 months ago

Just before Christmas 2011, I was diagnosed with Bowel Cancer at a point in my career when I was going from strength to strength and I was fitter than I had ever been. It was a big tumour and an MRI confirmed my lymph did not look good either. I had left it late to get diagnosed with bleeding...
Forum Post: Breast Cancer Support Day in Whitchurch, Shropshire 3rd July 2012

Posted by FrankieD
Posted over 1 year ago

If you would like to find out more about what we can do for you, please come to our Haven Breast Cancer Support day at the Dodington Lodge Hotel, Whitchurch on 3rd July 2012. During the day, there will be a chance to talk with others in a similar position and to learn about approaches that may be...
Forum Post: FINISHED CHEMO AND PICC LINE REMOVED.... HOORAH! NOW THE WAITING GAME..?

Posted by Dolly232
Posted over 1 year ago

HELLO TO YOU ALL, MY NICK NAME IS DOLLY AND I AM SO IN NEED OF FRIENDS THAT COULD TELL ME WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT? I HAVE NO CHILDREN AFTER 37 YEARS OF BEING WITH HUB I FINALLY THINK THAT WE ARE STRUGGLING THROUGH, OTHER FAMILY HEARTACHE - AND THE LOSS OF OUR 2 OLD BORDER COLLIE DOGS AND HERE WE HAVE THIS...
Forum Post: Re: Hello

Posted by linnet
Posted over 1 year ago

Hey- you got there before me B !! heres the link to the event- this is the champagne reception, fashion show and fundraiser held at the mayfair hotel on the 3rd march- tickets are on sale- should be great fun!!! www.wix.com/ovacome/teawithovacome absolutely great to see everyone- once again...
Forum Post: advanced bowel cancer in lymph

Posted by sueann2307
Posted over 1 year ago

Hi all I have dipped in and out of discussions in various discussions. However not been on for many months and the whole set up has changed, cannot find my old postings, and so many people i remember talking to have not been posting recently. To sum up my story, Diagnosed bowel in 2008, treatment...
Forum Post: Stage 4 Colorectal cancer with several lung Mets

Posted by christian_a
Posted over 2 years ago

Hi Everyone, I had surgery 6 months ago to remove my primary tumour in the colon and then underwent 6 months of FOLFOX chemo, sadly my post chemo scan has revealed several spots on my lungs, conventional surgery is not thought to be an option but I have just had a PET scan to confirm that, not got...
Forum Post: Research help needed: Well-being after cancer treatment (months to years after)

Posted by kayleigh
Posted over 2 years ago

Hi, I have now completed data collection and and would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone that took the time to contribute to the study. Best wishes, Kayleigh
Forum Post: One year after treatment and I'm struggling, any tips?

Posted by beese
Posted over 2 years ago

Hi everyone, I'm new, hope you don't mind me airing a few issues I'm having? I was diagnosed in April 2010 and operated on in July, I had 8 weeks of radiothereapy and now I'm back at work full time. But I'm exhausted, scared it's all going to happen again and getting...
Blog Post: How much exercise have you done this week?

Posted by RebeccaC - Macmillan
Posted over 2 years ago

Today marks the start of our Move More campaign, which aims to encourage every cancer patient to undertake 150 minutes of exercise a week. Not only does exercise lift your mood and make you feel better, it can also stop your cancer coming back, minimise side effects of treatment, and reduce the risk...
Forum Post: Re: I am a Newbie!

Posted by BusyLizzie
Posted over 2 years ago

Hi, My first post. I was diagnosed May this year (2011) had my laparotomy on 1st June. 1st chemo in 1st of July. After 13 days post chemo #1, no side effects yet. I used a cooling cap so it will be interesting to see what happens to my hair - but like snowmobiler if it gets bad will go for the GI...
Blog Post: Web Chat: James Golding

Posted by RebeccaC - Macmillan
Posted over 2 years ago

We’ve got a very special live Q&A coming up next week. James Golding is a truly inspirational man and he’ll be in our chat room next Wednesday 23rd March between 1-2pm to answer your questions. Back in November 2008 James was diagnosed with a rare tumour between his spine, kidney and...
Blog Post: Web chat with Bengu Shail

Posted by RebeccaC - Macmillan
Posted over 3 years ago

Hello Community! We are hosting a web chat next week with Bengu Shail who will be talking about returning to work after cancer and answering your questions. Bengu was a fit and healthy associate TV producer from South East London just one year ago. She blamed her regular fainting spells and tiredness...
Blog Post: Looking forward to hearing these

Posted by danensis
Posted over 3 years ago

Sunday 7 November Thea Tlsty - Molecular alterations that predict premalignancy in breast cancer Chris Wild - Cancer research for cancer prevention: an international view Patricia Ganz - Cancer survivorship: a new challenge in delivering quality cancer care Derek Stewart - From presence...
Blog Post: Conservative Conference day 2 - health, health, health

Posted by Jeremy - Macmillan
Posted over 3 years ago

Since arriving at the Conservative Party Conference on Sunday night the news has been dominated by healthcare reform. Not long after coming to power the Coalition Government announced plans to radically reform the health service. The scale and pace of the reforms are practically unmatched in the...
Blog Post: Labour Party Conference - Day two

Posted by Vanessa - Macmillan
Posted over 3 years ago

No sooner than we had recovered from our trip to Liverpool we found ourselves travelling north again, this time to Manchester for the Labour Party Conference. On Sunday evening Beth and I attended the Care Reception at the Midland hotel. There is a huge amount of speculation surrounding the effects...
Blog Post: survivorship

Posted by Castle
Posted over 4 years ago

The definition says: You are a cancer survivor from the time of diagnosis through the rest of your life. The differences between survivor and victim are subtle yet quite enormous. A survivor is a victim with an attitude. Survivor sounds better than being a victim. We can be a cancer victim or a cancer...
Blog Post: support one another

Posted by Castle
Posted over 4 years ago

Hi everyone, been reading with interest the postings over the last few weeks. Despite the obvious disagreements that have come up, I think that debate is both healthy and positive whether we agree with a point or not we all gain from it even if it’s to discount what’s been said. Personally I have always...

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