Sick note

Hi Derl 

I’m Steph, I’m part of the team who look after the Online Community here at Macmillan. May I wish you another warm welcome to the Community although I was sorry to hear about your advanced bowel cancer diagnosis. I hope that you will find it helpful to connect with others who share similar experiences.

I'd recommend that you contact our Support Line teams, as our Money Advisors will be the best placed to offer you some advice around benefits when you have cancer. Our Support Line teams are available 7 days a week, 8am-8pm on freephone 0808 808 00 00, email or live webchat.

For questions specific to you and your sick note, you may need to contact the government office dealing with your application. It will depend on which benefit you're applying for, how you applied and the date the office started processing your request. 

If you would like to connect with other members and ask questions, I'd recommend you join the bowel cancer forum. You can join by clicking in the joining banner or there’s a join button you can click towards the top of the page. If you’re not sure how to start your own conversation, you just need to click on +create new post (or + on a mobile) on the forum you’d like to post in. There’s some help available here if you get stuck, or message us back and we’ll support you further. The Community team are all here to help when you need it. 

Forums are the best place to ask questions, connect with others and share support. Blogs are best for diarising your experience, if you'd like to do that. 

I hope this is helpful, but do get back in touch if you need further help with anything. I hope the Community and Macmillan show you that you don’t need to go through this alone.