Macmillan Online Community – Cancer Forum & Emotional Support

Online Community

If you or someone you care about has been diagnosed with cancer, we're here to help.

Welcome to the Online Community

The Online Community understands what it’s like to have cancer. We are an online cancer forum with 90,000 members: and they have all been there. Support is available 24 hours a day, in a safe environment.

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Community Conversations

Community News

The worry of waiting

Megan- Macmillan

Waiting for test results can be a difficult time. It may take days or weeks for the results of your tests to be ready. You may be waiting for your treatment…
- 22 Sep 2021
Can we talk about vulvar and vaginal cancers?

Steph - Macmillan

Can we talk openly about vulvas and vaginas?

It’s Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month and we’re taking the opportunity to raise awareness of the rarer…
- 16 Sep 2021

Featured Posts

Sep2021 Catch up thread

court

Here we go ! We have arrived in Sep! For all new people this thread is just for taking a moment out to say “Hi” tell us how you feel , what you have been up to or show us your creations etc !
Having sat for an hour in the cold at a particular…
- 23 days ago
- Bowel (colon and rectal) cancer forum
- Chat
New to forum - Er+Pr+HER2-

Sonja J

I am new to the McMillan cancer forum and wish to say hello to everyone. I would especially like to chat to those who are Er+Pr+HER2-, metastatic, receiving Abemaciclib+fulverstrant+denosumab.
- 4 days ago
- Breast cancer forum
- New here, say hello
Cancer related anxiety

TobyandLottie

Hi everyone. I was diagnosed with womb cancer November last year and had MRI and CT scans prior to a radical hysterectomy in December. I was grade 3 stage 1a after all the biopsies and seem to have healed well. Someone I know had an op for bowel cancer…
- 4 days ago
- Womb (uterus) cancer forum
- Chat