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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/atom.xsl" media="screen"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en-US"><title type="html">WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted</title><subtitle type="html" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.1.2.21912">Telligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)</generator><updated>2026-01-03T15:10:06Z</updated><entry><title>Survey email</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/survey-email" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/survey-email</id><published>2026-09-14T08:29:28Z</published><updated>2026-09-14T08:29:28Z</updated><content type="html">Just had a server email off MacMillan, I don&amp;rsquo;t mean to be rude but it was a pointless survey asking questions about faith, earnings in the house, ethnicity, gender identification. I completed it with no reply answers, what a waste of questions....(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/survey-email"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=723497&amp;AppID=41608&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>W J</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/81883df629ad4534a4b78c66e5f080a8</uri></author></entry><entry><title>News of the day</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/news-of-the-day" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/news-of-the-day</id><published>2026-09-12T17:29:54Z</published><updated>2026-09-12T17:29:54Z</updated><content type="html">Had my meeting and post MRI results are stable  had my seizure medication review too. And left as before. So in all a good result(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/news-of-the-day"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=723494&amp;AppID=41608&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>W J</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/81883df629ad4534a4b78c66e5f080a8</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Today</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/today" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/today</id><published>2026-09-06T10:53:22Z</published><updated>2026-09-06T10:53:22Z</updated><content type="html">I&amp;rsquo;ve been thinking of adding to the my blog if I remember what I&amp;rsquo;m up to as well as any thing treatment, just to say life still goes on
&amp;nbsp;today I&amp;rsquo;m watching my partner playing hogwarts
&amp;nbsp;mean while I&amp;rsquo;m looking at tryin...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/today"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=723474&amp;AppID=41608&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>W J</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/81883df629ad4534a4b78c66e5f080a8</uri></author></entry><entry><title>MRI and new onc nurse</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/mri-and-new-onc-nurse" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/mri-and-new-onc-nurse</id><published>2026-09-05T08:40:11Z</published><updated>2026-09-05T08:40:11Z</updated><content type="html">Monday is the next MRI and I&amp;rsquo;ll attend the next review rather than phone call. So I can see the scan, I do like to take a picture of what&amp;rsquo;s cooking in my noggin. I have a new oncology nurse; my previous two retired. I didn&amp;rsquo;t even kn...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/mri-and-new-onc-nurse"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=723471&amp;AppID=41608&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>W J</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/81883df629ad4534a4b78c66e5f080a8</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Forum</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/forum" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/forum</id><published>2026-08-26T08:59:08Z</published><updated>2026-08-26T08:59:08Z</updated><content type="html">Use the forum reappeared which is good
(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/forum"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=723458&amp;AppID=41608&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>W J</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/81883df629ad4534a4b78c66e5f080a8</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Ill health retirement</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/ill-health-retirement" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/ill-health-retirement</id><published>2026-08-20T11:11:08Z</published><updated>2026-08-20T11:11:08Z</updated><content type="html">I tried asking for help in filling in a form for Ill health retirement. I visited my local hospital that has MacMillan help. But they were unable to help at all, only able to refer me to tenovus who also could not help. I know there are exemptions in...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/ill-health-retirement"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=723451&amp;AppID=41608&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>W J</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/81883df629ad4534a4b78c66e5f080a8</uri></author><category term="retirement" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/archive/tags/retirement" /><category term="Hospital" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/archive/tags/Hospital" /><category term="Managing money when you have cancer" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/archive/tags/Managing%2bmoney%2bwhen%2byou%2bhave%2bcancer" /></entry><entry><title>Groups</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/groups" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/groups</id><published>2026-08-20T11:09:08Z</published><updated>2026-08-20T11:09:08Z</updated><content type="html">I see that chat has vanished with new/diagnose/etc. seems a bit off and people I guess can only rely on blogs I guess(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/groups"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=723450&amp;AppID=41608&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>W J</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/81883df629ad4534a4b78c66e5f080a8</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Testosterone</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/testosterone" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/testosterone</id><published>2026-06-28T22:25:11Z</published><updated>2026-06-28T22:25:11Z</updated><content type="html">My bloods came back but I&amp;rsquo;m not sure what&amp;rsquo;s the right thing going on with them except my testosterone ( I hate typing that lol ) is low. So I&amp;rsquo;ll be given a check out for psa I think I can&amp;rsquo;t remember the type of doctor, but we&amp;amp;...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/testosterone"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=723327&amp;AppID=41608&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>W J</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/81883df629ad4534a4b78c66e5f080a8</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Bloods</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/bloods-206735405" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/bloods-206735405</id><published>2026-06-19T09:10:17Z</published><updated>2026-06-19T09:10:17Z</updated><content type="html">I am still on my gap because of my bloods were low. I&amp;rsquo;ve been very tired, a bit more than usual. My iron and other levels were under the cusps.&amp;nbsp;
This time I gave blood for the general and extra to check everything. They&amp;rsquo;ve told me fr...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/bloods-206735405"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=723307&amp;AppID=41608&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>W J</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/81883df629ad4534a4b78c66e5f080a8</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Covid jab</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/covid-jab" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/covid-jab</id><published>2026-05-09T18:13:36Z</published><updated>2026-05-09T18:13:36Z</updated><content type="html">Had my Covid jab a day or so ago. Bas&amp;nbsp;shivers and repeated being sick &amp;nbsp;was hard to get warm and didn&amp;rsquo;t sleep. I thought was it worth it, very tired today and clumsier than usual. I&amp;rsquo;ll have a kip(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/covid-jab"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=723184&amp;AppID=41608&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>W J</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/81883df629ad4534a4b78c66e5f080a8</uri></author></entry><entry><title>A day</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/a-day" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/a-day</id><published>2026-03-31T12:59:59Z</published><updated>2026-03-31T12:59:59Z</updated><content type="html">Just an interim blog. Tired today, and itchy eyes; very annoying; I keep rubbing them like I&amp;rsquo;ll get three wishes.I do feel the cold a bit more these days, who knows-I must be getting old&amp;hellip;er. A nice glass of orange juice in front of me, h...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/a-day"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=723113&amp;AppID=41608&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>W J</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/81883df629ad4534a4b78c66e5f080a8</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Results</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/results" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/results</id><published>2026-03-06T11:48:09Z</published><updated>2026-03-06T11:48:09Z</updated><content type="html">Well it&amp;rsquo;s been seven months off chemo, and my bloods are still lowish for chemo but the MRI show it stable which is nice. June next
&amp;nbsp;hope everyone is ok
&amp;nbsp;please leave a message rather than just visiting x(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/results"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=723060&amp;AppID=41608&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>W J</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/81883df629ad4534a4b78c66e5f080a8</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Maggies</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/maggies" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/maggies</id><published>2026-01-19T23:15:51Z</published><updated>2026-01-19T23:15:51Z</updated><content type="html">Went to a maggies session, something to see how others are. I felt young there. Mixed personalities did get to me as one person butted in on everyone. Was annoying. But nice to see fellow patients and what they&amp;rsquo;ve been through. I enjoyed it exc...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/maggies"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722982&amp;AppID=41608&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>W J</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/81883df629ad4534a4b78c66e5f080a8</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Better</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/better" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/better</id><published>2026-01-13T23:40:42Z</published><updated>2026-01-13T23:40:42Z</updated><content type="html">Bad belly has gone and had results for my chemo. Blood works were out again. Iron level was low. Platelets were above a hundred but that&amp;rsquo;s no good for chemo. 49 th birthday was qu t   happy birthday me. Goto wait 6 weeks again now before next b...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/better"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722958&amp;AppID=41608&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>W J</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/81883df629ad4534a4b78c66e5f080a8</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Bad belly</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/bad-belly" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/bad-belly</id><published>2026-01-03T15:10:06Z</published><updated>2026-01-03T15:10:06Z</updated><content type="html">Well went to A n E on New Year&amp;rsquo;s Eve. Stomach pains, after seeing not a lot of anyone. Useless people. They said it&amp;rsquo;s most likely gastro. I knew that. Hopeless. Just drank plenty and ate small(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/wj-grade-3-astrocytoma-cdkn-2a-b/posts/bad-belly"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722931&amp;AppID=41608&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>W J</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/81883df629ad4534a4b78c66e5f080a8</uri></author></entry></feed>