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

  Mr U 20 hours ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b

  W J 21 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 15 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 16 days ago
• Cycle 19 and not working anymore

  Emotions 17 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

• My Journey on Paclitaxel

  Wednesday 15th May Radiotherapy planning appointment

  Since my last post, I have been continuing to feel quite good. I have had a couple days where I felt a bit low. This was mainly from thinking of the people who said they would visit and still haven't after over 4 months. It's like people thin...

  Alison218 over 2 years ago
• Dignity Pants and other misnomers

  Smelling the Roses

  I was at the gym a week or so back and a couple of other old blokes were bemoaning various wrongs. One of them asked me if I complained about everything too? It may be a right or expectation to become more reactionary as we get older, and I don&rsquo...

  Dignahtee over 2 years ago
• Dealing with the "other stuff" when you have cancer!

  All the "other stuff" that comes with a cancer diagnosis....

  I was diagnosed in October 2023 with breast cancer.  I was in the UK at the time.  I moved back home - South Africa - so I could have family around to help and support me.  Since then, January 2024 I had a lumpectomy and axilla dissect...

  Peanut1205 over 2 years ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b

  12-5-2024 sickness

  Was actually sick ( actually ) this time with the chemo. It stopped yesterday. Resting helped and obv the anti sickness tablets. Tried catching the aurora show and failed. So came in about midnight and took off my t shirt for bed and I had the visual...

  W J over 2 years ago
• A trip with triple negative breast cancer

  Toxic positivity

  If one more person says “you’ve got this” or “you are so strong”, I think I might floor them. The other day, someone at the swimming pool told me she wouldn’t have been able to cope if she had had all the issues I ...

  Coddfish over 2 years ago
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  Community News

  Telling your kids about cancer – experiences from the Online Community

  How do you tell kids about a cancer diagnosis without causing them distress? Is it even possible? In this blog, we see how members of the Online Community approached this difficult subject, and how their experiences might just surprise you…

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

  8/5/24 to hd or not to hd

  Apparently my notes ( lucky I asked about mine becoming a stage 4 on cns/who) say mine is not HD. My first letter says it is and noticed a note at the back saying it wasn’t so I’ll have them check that. Very tired today, chemo was on Mond...

  W J over 2 years ago
• Every day matters

  The first day of my cancer journey

  Waking up today with a completely different mindset. Yesterday was the first day of my bowel cancer diagnosis. WOW what a difference a day can make in anyone's life. I was born with positive thinking, and problem solving as a skills. Today has st...

  Selsey over 2 years ago
• My Journey on Paclitaxel

  Tuesday 7th May 12days post final Paclitaxel & 1st appointment with Radiotherapist

  I have been doing really good since my last post. I have bumfluff on my head and a couple tiny signs of eyelashes coming back. My weigh isn't really changing yet, but hopefully it will start to come off a bit soon. Today I had my first appointmen...

  Alison218 over 2 years ago
• Some Mistake ?

  Private Eyebrows

  There is a lot of changes that come with paclitaxel. I was fascinated rather than alarmed by my hair loss. Cells connected with hair growth are highly active. It is the highly active cells like the cancer cells that the paclitaxel targets. It chucks ...

  Optimus over 2 years ago