"It's Only Skin Cancer"

Options

More Content

  • The Second Nurse (again)

    dolphin99
    The bots must have been keen to see me because I had an appointment with the second nurse in no time at all. The small hospital in the rural market town was just as quiet as I remembered it. I checked in with Reception and took a seat to watch the wo...

  • The First GP

    dolphin99
    The new year started off well but when the euphoria of my new scalp wore off I spotted some imperfections. A couple of months post-Efudix and I wondered if it needed a repeat performance. I'd registered with a different GP practice that was close...

  • Efudix

    dolphin99
    I think that Efudix, the chemotherapy in a tube, isn't as readily available nowadays as it was in 2022. In their letter giving me my diagnosis, the bots had mentioned the treatment was going to hurt and I needed to keep going for four weeks. Apar...

  • The Coordinator and The First Dermatologist

    dolphin99
    A few days later the electronic prescription from my GP whizzed through cyberspace to the local pharmacy and I was able to pick up the Efudix. According to one of the links I'd been sent by the bots, this magic cream was going to sort everything ...

  • Actinic Keratosis

    dolphin99
    By this time I was intrigued to see what else the bots wanted to help me with, so I had a browse through some of the information they'd sent me. What about my diagnosis of actinic keratosis? AK to those in the know, but not to me. I still couldn&...
Help us do whatever it takes, because we’ve never been needed more.

© Macmillan Cancer Support 2026 © Macmillan Cancer Support, registered charity in England and Wales (261017), Scotland (SC039907) and the Isle of Man (604). Also operating in Northern Ireland. A company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales company number 2400969. Isle of Man company number 4694F. Registered office: 3rd Floor, Bronze Building, The Forge, 105 Sumner Street, London, SE1 9HZ. VAT no: 668265007