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• 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.

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• One Step At A Time

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• Cycle 19 and not working anymore

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• 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. `

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Latest blog posts

• Just started EC Chemo

  Sunday 11th February 11 days post 3rd EC

  A good but short night's sleep, woke at 4am thinking I was in a popcorn machine the rain was hitting the window so hard, finally got up at 5.15. Have had an utterly brilliant day today. Lovely walk and actually missing the rain that decided to ap...

  Alison218 over 2 years ago
• Dignity Pants and other misnomers

  The King and Irony

  Just a few days ago we heard the news that King Charles has cancer. The media coverage for this has been, understandably, extensive. Much of the coverage has focused on the Kings openness in sharing this news and how this will help with raising the p...

  Dignahtee over 2 years ago
• Just started EC Chemo

  Saturday 10th February Day 10 post 3rd EC

  I had a couple bouts of sort of cramp in the bottom of both calf on the outside of legs running from my ankles upwards. It was really quite painful. But once it had dubsided I only woke up fir one call of nature. I was woken up to the sound of the Ro...

  Alison218 over 2 years ago
• New to group

  mag123ben

  I have been ill for a few years now with high white blood cells. Always told infection. Seen new Dr. And had bloods taken, exray, bone scan. Blood sent to blood hospital and they have found not infection, but JAK2 gean. ( Sorry if the words are wrong...

  Mag123ben over 2 years ago
• 

  One Life Live It

  Breast Cancer Women's Association, Malaysia

  A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to visit BCWA in Kuala Lumpur. I was there with work and my local colleagues had done some fund raising for this charity and arranged the handover of these funds to coincide with my visit. Cancer remains a taboo ...

  Irishgirl16 over 2 years ago
• Just started EC Chemo

  Friday 9th February 9 days post 3rd EC

  Happy Friday everyone. Another good night's sleep without the aid of any medication, I could get used to this. I did have a bit of a dodgy stomach late last night but it didn't disturb my sleep. It's getting so predictive on how I am going to feel ea...

  Alison218 over 2 years ago
• 18 November horse voice

  The beginning

  Went to GP 10 th nov  with a horse voice on the 18th November ENT consultant 1st December on the operating table. 15 Jan consultation yep it’s a Carcinoma. Oh Joy. On the up side he says it’s very small caugh early it’s not in ...

  Paulmc over 2 years ago
• Cruise Travel

  Travel Insurance

  My Husband (age 78) and I have been cruisers for many years. In 2020 he was diagnosed with squamous cell lung cancer and had a lung resection  in 1 lung. The following year he had radiotherapy in the other. Thankfully, to date he has been clear ...

  Tinkywinky over 2 years ago
• Just started EC Chemo

  Thursday 8th February 8th day post 3rd EC

  Had a really good night's sleep but did wake at 5am, gave up trying to go back to sleep and eventually got up at 6am Had a quiet morning infront of the TV feeling fairy good this morning, had breakfast and an hour later a banana, then at 12 I tho...

  Alison218 over 2 years ago
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  One Life Live It

  Is that a lump?

  Is that a lump? Is that a new lump? A different lump? The same lump that was there before? It feels different….I think……maybe……I really can’t tell anymore! This was me back in early December, when the area aro...

  Irishgirl16 over 2 years ago