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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.

  Dylan - Online Community Team 2 hours ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 12 hours ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted

  W J 1 day ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 4 days ago
• Multiple Myeloma

  Tess123 10 days ago
• Mumofcancer

  Mumofcancer 16 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 18 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 20 days ago
• Pete's cancer blog

  Peterb 25 days ago

Latest blog posts

• Happy 50th to me

  Tired

  Seems like days when there is no possibility of a letter arriving are easier. I've managed to keep it out of my mind mostly over the last couple of days of the bank holiday weekend. Tomorrow is Tuesday, which is a week from when this began. Perha...

  CrochetPud over 3 years ago
• Don't worry about your lump she said...

  Breast Cancer 8 - Chemo First Cycle

  The fact that I’ve not updated my blog since my first chemo-eve should tell you something. I feel that now, sadly, I must admit, that treatment has overtaken my life.   It feels like a long list headed ‘no you can’t’. So ...

  SweetiePie over 3 years ago
• A trip with triple negative breast cancer

  Back on the merry go round

  Yesterday was treatment day 1. Pembrolizumab plus NAB Paclitaxel. I have been given a treatment schedule running all the way to December. There is treatment on all but 4 Fridays. The Paclitaxel has one week off in every 4 but still they are planning ...

  Coddfish over 3 years ago
• Wasn't expecting this. But will fight it all the way.

  Picc line and chemo

  All booked in for next round of chemo,  I just hope it's not to aggressive,  been a bad day today as didn't eat till late last night , lesson learnt as suffered bad stomach from the early hours and all day today. 

  Deb62 over 3 years ago
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  Community News

  Myeloma and a stem cell transplant: Mary’s story

  Hear Mary's experience of receiving a myeloma diagnosis, having a stem cell transplant and chemotherapy.

  Eliza -Online Community Team over 3 years ago
• Happy 50th to me

  Waiting

  No letter yet. I wish it would just hurry up! It's all I can think about. I just want to know what I am going to have to deal with. I'm pretty convinced at this point that I have breast cancer. But until I know for certain I'm just waitin...

  CrochetPud over 3 years ago
• Happy 50th to me

  23 May 2023

  On my way back from the shower this morning I noticed my boob was a little sore. I wondered to myself if it was due to doing a short exercise video last night in my pjs (no boob support). I also wondered if maybe there was some kind of bruise. I was ...

  CrochetPud over 3 years ago
• terminal me

  So sad

  Hello, I’m new to the site and this is my third post. I thought I was going to be cured with SABRE radiotherapy but after having my lung removed, I had three unsuccessful ERCPs for the bile duct/ jaundice and then I had a very traumatic PTC whi...

  Mags123 over 3 years ago
• POLE

  Any one else out there?

  Just wondered if anyone else been recommended vaginal brachytherapy when not recommended chemotherapy? I can not find any supporting research evidence for this and do not like the sound of brachytherapy unnecessarily? POLE mutation cancer c e l l imi...

  Former Member over 3 years ago
• Me,Myself and the C word!

  Counting down the days

  I’m down to 6 days pre op. Tomorrow I’m off the Ireland to visit my family, and if truth be told ,to stuff my face! I’m really upbeat about everything and looking forward to waking up post surgery and hearing the magic words…...

  MillyE over 3 years ago