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

  Mr U 13 hours ago
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  W J 13 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

• Radiotherapy for brain tumour

  Smart syndrome

  My son had a cancerous brain tumour 18 years ago, he had chemotherapy then radiotherapy after having most of his Pinoblastoma tumour removed.  Then 13 years ago he was diagnosed with SMART syndrome, which is a side affect of radiotherapy to the ...

  Teddy Bear Junior over 2 years ago
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  Community News

  Catching up with the Soft Tissues Sarcoma Forum

  Find support and share experiences in the Soft tissues sarcomas forum.

  Eliza -Online Community Team over 2 years ago
• Grant’s prostrate cancer Chemo blog

  Days 15 -21 Cycle 1 comes to an end, seconds out round 2!

  Well by day 15 I was back to my old self! In fact the shoulder pain I’d had for over a year had almost gone. Because I have no bone METS they think it’s the Prednislone steroids helping to sort that out! The GP had said it was a trapped n...

  Grantyo12 over 2 years ago
• Dignity Pants and other misnomers

  Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for Breakfast (preview)

  Monday 15th July 2024 Lights, Camera, Action! 8am today the phone rings, and it's Royal Brompton Hospital. In short bish, bash, bosh... Off to London on the dawn train tomorrow. Thursday is 'Mitra Clip' heart valve repair. Home on Friday ...

  Dignahtee over 2 years ago
• Chemo/Radio With Cysplatin 3 weekly. For Womb cancer.

  Days 25 - 40

  Well that has gone so quickly and sorry for not updating. 1. The chemo wore off gradually - tiredness and nausea not as bad as last time and subsided until week 3.  By which I felt nearly normal. Hot flushes continue but I'm back onto magnes...

  Act over 2 years ago
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  One Life Live It

  Zometa #6 and Lowering Cholesterol

  When I started the zoledronic acid bone infusions I was told these would be for 3 years, so actually this would be my last one. But, as is common with breast cancer, treatment protocols change all the time, and now these are recommended for 5 years, ...

  Irishgirl16 over 2 years ago
• Every day matters

  Totally Overwhelmed

  My 80 year old step dad, who is like a father to me, has terminal lung cancer and I live overseas. My mum died five years ago I've come back along with my partner to care for him. He was in a dreadful state when we arrived but having people here ...

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

  Days 8 - 14 Things settle down

  Day 8, The new meds that the lovely Gemma put me on for the heartburn problems really helped. Heartburn easing and managed to build up to 5500 steps involving and up and down of Scarborough’s cliffs (we live in Scarborough) but pooped after. So...

  Grantyo12 over 2 years ago
• Cancer - The Five Year Plus Blog

  Cancer Story, It Gets Boring After 5 Years

  Cancer Story, It Gets Boring After 5 Years It may be strange thing to say, but after surviving cancer for 5 years it all gets a bit boring (in the nicest possible way). When I was 1st diagnosed with cancer in May/June 2018 I couldn't see much point...

  Penrod over 2 years ago
• My Journey on Paclitaxel

  8th July 10th and Final Radiotherapy session.

  Today was my final radiotherapy session. I was in again at 8.45, box of chocolates in hand for the department. I might have only been going in there for 10 days but I was in there more than chemo. I had a few tears when hubby and I got outside. There...

  Alison218 over 2 years ago