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• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 9 hours ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b

  W J 10 hours ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 2 days ago
• Community News

  This is a place where you can read about everything that's happening on Macmillan's Community. From guest stories, to sharing awareness months, here is where you'll hear about all of the latest from Macmillan's Community.

  Lizzie - Online Community Team 2 days ago
• Multiple Myeloma

  Tess123 8 days ago
• Mumofcancer

  Mumofcancer 14 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 16 days ago
• Cycle 19 and not working anymore

  Emotions 16 days ago
• Warm your teaspoon

  Mrs of husband with bowel cancer - T3 N1 - chemo to be followed by radio then anterior bowel - depending what they find. Oxaliplatin and Capecitabine being the prescribed drugs. `

  Sierraoscar 18 days ago
• Pete's cancer blog

  Peterb 23 days ago

Latest blog posts

• Prostate Cancer Recurrence - Triple Therapy

  4th Chemo

  I am writing this update with my thoughts of and apologies to Grantyo12 (who is just in front of me on this treatment) due to his unfortunate PSA increases whilst on chemo, and send my best wishes to him for negative scans and continuation of his tre...

  excavator over 2 years ago
• Shaka For Life

  Bye Bye EC. Hello Paclitaxel.

  I had my fourth and final round of EC on 8th August. It was a 2mth bumpy ride. After my second round of EC, I was struck down by severe and unrelenting headache of armageddon-like proportions. I did not think I could survive them. My second visit to ...

  Shaka4Lyfe over 2 years ago
• My Journey on Paclitaxel

  Wednesday 4th September all done and dusted.

  Hi everyone, just a little update on things. It's now 8 weeks since finishing radiotherapy. I had 10 sessions 5 normal then 5 bed boosts. I did develop some sore places around my bad boob and had quite a bit of itching. I used moisturiser and alo...

  Alison218 over 2 years ago
• Prostate Cancer Recurrence - Triple Therapy

  Side Effects Between Cycles 3 and 4

  Cycle 4 being done today (04/09/24). No significant changes in side effects experienced during cycle 3 - maybe partly contributed to by having experienced them already and knowing what to expect? Notable observations are: FATIGUE - no worse in severi...

  excavator over 2 years ago
• Dignity Pants and other misnomers

  Fame at last!

  'Jon Holmes says the C Word' is a BBC radio series and podcast. In most episodes he speaks with famous men who have cancer AND in two episodes he speaks with more mortal types about their cancer experience. And one of those mortals (definitel...

  Dignahtee over 2 years ago
• Grant’s prostrate cancer Chemo blog

  End of Cycle 3 and an unwelcome surprise at the start of cycle 4!

  Hi bloggers,  it’s been a few weeks since the last instalment, so I thought I’d give an update! Well the end to cycle 3 was pretty uneventful. I was feeling well enough for us to snatch a few days in the Peak District, which was...

  Grantyo12 over 2 years ago
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  Community News

  Catching up with the Kidney cancer forum

  Take a look at recent conversations in the Kidney cancer forum and find support. From coping with a diagnosis, managing recovery from surgery and more.

  Eliza -Online Community Team over 2 years ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b

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  I think I will give up on the history in jotting down. S I’ve had no interactions so it feels pointless. 

  W J over 2 years ago
• Dignity Pants and other misnomers

  One Trick Pony

  It’s been a month since I was told that the major ‘curative’ total pelvic exenteration surgery was no longer an option. I think that I have been mentally only semi-present for much of the time. Excuse me, if I use this entry to expl...

  Dignahtee over 2 years ago
• HER2 who knows

  It’s a lot more nuanced than that…

  I write this blog after crying to nurse in hospital. This blog will be about how I’ve been feeling post mastectomy post being told the cancer has been removed. 4th June, that’s the date I had my mastectomy (post chemo) now I already blogg...

  Pichan over 2 years ago