Community News

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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  • Coping with loneliness over the holidays

    Loneliness is something we see members of the Community talk about throughout the year in our Community forums. Feelings of loneliness are often experienced when you have cancer as you may not have told anyone about your diagnosis or told them how you are coping.

    This time of year can be difficult for many people for lots of reasons and not alone if you’re struggling. Hopefully, this blog will provide some comfort as…

  • 'This is a really easy, quick and tasty mid-week supper' - Dining with an Ostomate - Chicken on cheesy leeks

     A close up of green chopped leaks with the words 'Dining with an ostomate' written in white over the top

    During this time of uncertainty many of us have turned to cooking as a way of keeping us busy and relieving stress.  We are pleased therefore, to bring you Debbie’s delicious cheesy leeks recipe today.

    Debbie is our wonderful ‘chef to Ostomates’ and all of her recipes are, of course, designed with Ostomates in mind. In case you’ve missed any of her recipes to date, you can find them all in our 

  • Cancer & Me 35 Years On - Vol 3 - The Journey Home

      Painting of two women with long hair, a horse and doves, surrounded by fantastical flowers and swirling shapes in blue and white

                                                    Fantasy (batik) by Willo

    Today in our Community News blog Willo is back with the third instalment of our series called ‘Cancer & me 35 years on’. In this series, Willo, known on the Community as patsyann85, tells us about her experience of being diagnosed with Anal cancer in 1986 while living in Zambia. We will be sharing more of Willo’s writing and incredible artwork throughout the next few months in th…