Cancer Blogs

  • Such is Life - Mary Allison (me Ali B) - Chapter 4 - 5

    Chapter 4 – Results Day

    Luckily it is Thursday today and I don’t have to work.  Hubby who has been wonderful so far despite still having to go to his late mum’s house every day to sort that out for sale at the end of the month.  Did I omit to mention we had another worry/stress going on there?  Hey ho, c’est la vie, the house will be gone in a week.

    Sorry digressed there, back to the matter in hand…

  • Such is Life - Mary Allison (me) Chapter 2 & 3

    Chapter Two – Diagnosis

    I arrived at the hospital in plenty of time, parked and self checked in at the entrance and got my ticket to show the jumble of letters/numbers.  This ticket would be my turn.

    I arrived in the Breast Services Outpatients and confirm I had checked in at the Reception desk.  I took a seat and waited after putting another number in the blue tray.

    My name was called and for the second time in less…

  • Such is Life - Book by me under name Mary Allison - Chapter 1

    SUCH IS LIFE

    MARY ALLISON

    For my family, friends and all the hospital staff.  Without all of you, I don’t think I could have been strong enough to deal with the cancer or the treatment.

    Also for Wessex Cancer Trust and MacMillan Cancer.

    Chapter One – Again

    Oh dear, I thought as I found a lump about a week before our family holiday to Cyprus.  Do I stay, do I go?  How do I tell my husband, how do I tell our son…

  • Boyfriend has three months to live

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Hi everyone, 

    I just want to reach out to other people who may be experiencing the same or a similar situation as me. I feel so alone and scared! My boyfriend started having stomach pains a few months back and it got to the point where I had to call an ambulance as he was bent over sat on the edge of the bed. After about a month of scary scans we went to see his oncologist to discover he has stomach cancer that has spread…

  • Small Cell Lung Cancer - My Journey so Far

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Hi, my name is Dawn and I just felt it was time to write down my journey of my diagnosis and treatment. I have never blogged before, but thought Macmillan was the best place to start.

    I do have a strong faith in God and I am a Christian and I do talk about this.

    At the end of March 2019 I had been feeling really ill, high blood pressure, absolutely no energy and had no idea what was wrong with me! I am generally a very…