Blogs

Latest blog updates

• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b

  W J 5 hours ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 9 hours ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 3 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 3 days ago
• Multiple Myeloma

  Tess123 9 days ago
• Mumofcancer

  Mumofcancer 15 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 17 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 24 days ago

Latest blog posts

• Travel Insurance

  Travel Insurance

  I am trying to obtain holiday insurance, I have stage 4 kidney cancer, incurable but controllable with my immunotherapy treatment. I am going to Turkey for a week in April but have been quoted 2 k for insurance. Anybody recommend a reasonable priced alternative. Thank you

  BlackRat over 2 years ago
• Just started EC Chemo

  Sunday 18th Feb day 4 post 4th EC

  Fairly good night's sleep, but got up at 6am bloody rain woke me. Bowels totally blocked, so another Laxido and strong coffee. An hour later it had done the trick. Sorry if TMI  Ate lunch early today, and finding it hard to keep my eyes open.. A...

  Alison218 over 2 years ago
• Tiadoras

  Jaw cancer

  I noticed an aching in my jaw in spain in 2019 told dentist but he just cleaned my teeth done a filling never X-rayed, back to uk in 2020, seen private dentist as no nhs dentists told them about my ache in my jaw they cleaned my teeth to,d me to...

  Tiadora over 2 years ago
• Losing my partner of 22yrs

  From diagnosis to her final days poems I wrote showing my feelings through the eyes of her partner. Xx

  I hope in reading from start to finish you get some idea how important a smear test really is. PAIN HITS HARD. My partner and I were never prepared for what the specialist doctor said,We hoped the chemo worked but dread to tell you that...

  Dora223 over 2 years ago
• Just started EC Chemo

  Saturday 17th February day 2 post 4th and last EC

  Woke up just before 7am. Happy Saturday, no stomach pains either last night, so the best night's sleep for a while. Took my Chemo meds, and when hubby hot up he mentioned that my face was bright red, it did feel warm to touch but I wasn't fee...

  Alison218 over 2 years ago
• Living my breast life

  Second opinion

  So, after feeling away over Christmas and worrying myself stupid, I decided to get a second Drs opinion and went to one of the most trusted female Drs in the surgery. Shes the menopause Dr and very up on lumps and bumps. She didnt even examine me and...

  Former Member over 2 years ago
• Living my breast life

  The lump (Summer 2023)

  Roughly the end of Summer 2023, I was aware of a small lump in my left breast. It felt about 1cm, fairly hard, movable and didnt really hurt.  It seemed to be more sensitive around the time of the month, which was never predictable due to my imp...

  Former Member over 2 years ago
• Just started EC Chemo

  Friday 16th February day 1 post 4th and final EC

  Felt really good after my final EC yesterday, as normal just had a light meal.  I went up to bed just after 8pm, I put pretty woman on the TV again, I saw the very beginning and the end   I made sue I drank lots of water and took some ...

  Alison218 over 2 years ago
• Just started EC Chemo

  Thursday 15th February just had my Last EC

  Woke up this morning with chronic stomach pains, It felt like I had done an all night workout with stomach crunches, but I knew I hadn't. I got up made a strong coffee, and chewed on a deflatine, after about 20 mins and a visit to the wc I starte...

  Alison218 over 2 years ago
• A trip with triple negative breast cancer

  A Valentine’s date with an MRI scanner

  I am familiar with having medical appointments on Valentine’s Day. 14th Feb 22 was when I met with the consultant breast surgeon following the biopsy I had had at the one stop breast clinic. Whilst I had been certain I had cancer, it was still ...

  Coddfish over 2 years ago