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Peripheral neuropathy is damage to the nerves connecting the brain, spinal cord and the rest of the body. It can be caused by cancer, or its treatment, and is one side…
Hi everyone,
We’re writing this afternoon with an important update.
Tomorrow morning, Tuesday 11th August, the Community will be entering a read only state from 7am until 10am.
This is to allow us to fix two issues that we know users are experiencing just now. This maintenance will fix the below:
With all the uncertainty of late, we felt it was important for us here on the Community News Blog to keep going as normal where we can. So today we wanted to share with you the second volume of our new series ‘My journey through breast cancer in verse and word’ by Amanda-Jayne. Amanda-Jayne was diagnosed with Breast cancer in June 2019 and used poetry and journaling to diarise her experience throughout. Amanda…
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