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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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  • I don't know what to say

    Knowing the right thing to say can be really hard, and it’s something that everyone struggles with sometimes. Many times, you might say nothing at all in case you say the ‘wrong thing’, or accidentally hurt someone’s feelings. Sometimes, you might feel hurt because of something someone said, even though they didn’t mean anything unkind. While we can’t stop these things because accidents happen, we can work together to…

  • Dealing with a teenager’s cancer diagnosis: Mandeep and Jai’s story

    A cancer diagnosis can impact the whole family. As a father, Mandeep shares his experience of his son Jai’s cancer diagnosis in the hope of helping more families who are going through the same experience.
  • Womb Awareness Day 2018: "You're too young to have cancer."

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    FormerMember

    September is Womb Cancer Awareness month and Womb Cancer Awareness Day is the 20th September. To mark it, Sarah has written about womb cancer and what to be aware of.

    Sarah was diagnosed with womb cancer in June 2017. She loves jigsaw puzzles, scuba diving and enjoys visiting Egypt where she has lots of friends who live there. Sarah also runs her own blogs, Fatigue vs frustration, Concentrate on the what is and not the…