These news items are generated and published by Macmillan's Online Community Team. In this section you’ll find some posts written by the Online Community team in partnership with our Cancer Information Development team. We also feature personal stories from our members.
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Did you know that it’s Men’s Health Awareness Week 14th - 20th June 2021?
The recent Macmillan campaign ‘Tell Us The Score’ explained that men represent 51% of people diagnosed with cancer, but that only 37% of the calls to the Macmillan Support Line come from men. Similarly, members of the Community are less likely to be men. This means that men are missing out and aren’t asking for, or getting…
With the many different Community groups you can get support from here, it’s not always possible to keep up to date with everything that’s being discussed.
This blog is highlighting some of the recent discussions from the Soft tissue Sarcoma forum to help keep our members connected with each other. Although you may not share the same cancer type, there will probably be some similarities with the questions asked…
After last month’s work-focused ‘Diagnosed at a young age’ piece with Ginajsy, this week sees Gbear opens up to the Community - sharing with us the impact her diagnosis had on both her family and social life, as well as its emotional impact.
Being diagnosed at a young age affected me more than I ever imagined...
This was me, pretty much a carefree scuba diver. I used to work retail which paid for my holidays…
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