Double Chttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/double-c/atomTelligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)2022-06-23T17:34:00ZBiopsy results are in!https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/double-c/posts/biopsy-results-are-in2022-06-23T18:10:00Z2022-06-23T18:10:00Z09/09/2021
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We had barely sat down when the oncologist told me, “you have a small cancer.”
I didn’t cry, I didn’t weep or break down. Instead, I listened to him talk but felt removed. I remember glancing...(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/double-c/posts/biopsy-results-are-in">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720198&AppID=41061&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Former Memberhttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/formermemberBreast clinic appointment: what happened...https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/double-c/posts/breast-clinic-appointment---what-happened2022-06-23T17:55:00Z2022-06-23T17:55:00Z06/09/2021
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Two weeks after my urgent referral, I was summoned to the breast clinic at Royal Alexandria Hospital in Paisley while William sat waiting in the car.
Neither of us thought I’d be long. A quick ...(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/double-c/posts/breast-clinic-appointment---what-happened">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720197&AppID=41061&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Former Memberhttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/formermemberIt started with and itch - 'who ever thought it would come to this'https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/double-c/posts/17-08-2021-it-started-with-and-itch---who-ever-thought-it-would-come-to-this2022-06-23T17:50:00Z2022-06-23T17:50:00Z17/08/2021
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To begin my blog, I thought it best to explain how my breast cancer story started.
I first became aware of my lump in the wee small hours of Tuesday, 17 August 2021. I had stayed up late watching television when...(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/double-c/posts/17-08-2021-it-started-with-and-itch---who-ever-thought-it-would-come-to-this">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720196&AppID=41061&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Former Memberhttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/formermemberBah Humbug!https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/double-c/posts/bah-humbug-12148649462022-06-23T17:43:00Z2022-06-23T17:43:00Z09 September 2021
On 09 September 2021 (five months before William’s diagnosis), my oncologist told me “you have a small cancer.” Those five words cemented the fact that the Humbug size lump nestled next to my right nipple wasn&rsq...(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/double-c/posts/bah-humbug-1214864946">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720194&AppID=41061&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Former Memberhttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/formermemberWhere our cancer story beginshttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/double-c/posts/where-our-cancer-story-begins-3475345232022-06-23T17:34:00Z2022-06-23T17:34:00ZHi, I’m Fiona and this is my husband William.
We’re both 50 years-old and share the same Zodiac sign, Libra. It would be ironic if it was Cancer because along with three children, four cats the marital home and bed, cancer is a disease t...(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/double-c/posts/where-our-cancer-story-begins-347534523">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=720193&AppID=41061&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Former Memberhttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/formermember