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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  • Sunita’s experience with post-surgical menopause, chemotherapy and hair loss.

    Rainbow coloured fabric with the words 'Being bodies, Sunita's experience written in white.

    Sunita was diagnosed with Ovarian cancer and is sharing her experience with post-surgical menopause, chemotherapy and coping with her changing body image.

    There can be a whole range of things to consider when you go through treatment and everybody’s experience is so unique to them. Different aspects of body image are often talked about on the Community and Sunita is sharing her personal journey in the hope it can help…

  • The Visit - coping with bereavement

    'The Visit' written in green over a photo taken by David on a coastline with the sun on the water.

    Photo taken by David

    We are back today with the 4th volume of our bereavement series. This series aims to shine a light on some important topics and key experiences that people may go through when they have lost a loved one to cancer.

    We began our bereavement series with the aim to normalise discussions around death, dying, and what comes after. Even though these kinds of discussions can be incredibly difficult, talking…

  • Here's to our Champions this Volunteers' week!

    "Here's to you this volunteers' week!" written in green and purple with lots of multicoloured confetti coming down from the top of the image..

    The 1st – 7th of June 2021 marks Volunteers week here at Macmillan. This is a week dedicated to saying a huge thank you to all of our volunteers who dedicate their time to supporting people affected by cancer. Here on the Community team we wanted to dedicate today’s Community news blog to our very own group of fantastic volunteers, our ‘Community Champions!’

    If you’re new to the site, you might…