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• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b

  W J 15 hours ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

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• 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 16 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 17 days ago
• Cycle 19 and not working anymore

  Emotions 18 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 19 days ago
• Pete's cancer blog

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Latest blog posts

• Stage 4 Lung Cancer

  Stage 4 Lung Cancer

  Hi, I thought I would tell you about my journey so far. I first had a chest infection and could not stop coughing,  so much so that I had to be signed off work.  After having 8 different antibiotics , I was still no better, by now I had b...

  Willow23 over 2 years ago
• Is this my life now??

  Post operation 3 months on

  Hii All, I think there are lots of us in similar positions as myself, when reading posts in forums. Seems routine checks turned into something that needed delving into, to be told we have Cancer, I give Cancer a capital C because it is a reminder tha...

  Suzieblues over 2 years ago
• Pembro & Lenvatinib Journey for Serous Cancer

  Starting 2nd Cycle and Wanting to Give Up!

  Well, sorry for the delay in blogging- it’s not been the best of times. I think my expectations of how these drugs behave needed better management. Honestly I think I’ve had just about every side effect listed for Levitinib. First, t...

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

  Christmas

  My stomach is not too bad now. Had a got sleep as I was so tired. Anyway Happy Christmas  all x

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

  Few days after 2nd dose

  Nausea really, through the night, so unsettled sleep and poorer appetite; feeling a bit better on third day but tired

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

  Ding, Ding, Round Four

  Ding, Ding, Round Four I started three months of Chemotherapy on Monday 18th September 2023. It is now Thursday 7th December. And the last day of scheduled poison pills and the start of a proper detox. Well, truth be known I am actually now over 24 ...

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

  Dose 2

  21 Dec 2023 starting my second dose tonight, delayed a couple of days as my anti biotic course hadn’t finished. 

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

  Dec 2023

  Dec 2023 first dose is ok so far. But I’ve had a cold so was worried about infection, went to GP for blood s and they came back fine ( infection and platelets etc). Had antibiotics and just about out of my Cold. So bloods next in a week and the...

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

  Change of chemo

  5 tablets of 40mg dose and then 6 week repeat. I’ll probably feel it 3 weeks in. I’ll let you know. It’s three weeks (when it’s meant to kick in)and no change in my self (usual tiredness and slight headache) bloods next in thr...

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

  New chemo

  Slight growth based on drs meetings from my last MRI. So changing to just CCNU treatment. 1 tab every six weeks Hope someone finds this helpful 7th Nov 2023 Started my Lomustine last night with one antisickness. Woke up feeling no...

  W J over 2 years ago