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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 3 hours ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 13 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

• terminal me

  hi everyone

  hi everyone this is my first blog so i thouhgt i would just say hi for now to get me started. Hi i feel like a fraud for joining this because i have no symptoms and i have had no treatment yet but iam terminal so will write when i know something,

  Former Member over 3 years ago
• CYSTISTAT treatment

  CYSTISTAS TREATMENT

  Has anybody experience of cystitas treatment consisting of a course of treatment lasting approximately nine months. It consists of six weekly plus once a month for a further six months and is given by cathater.  I am at present on my sixth weekl...

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

  The day I always thought I would escape.

  Hi and apologies, I’ve never written a blog or partaken in social media, but suddenly I find myself wanting to document my journey. A year ago I visited my GP with a pain in my chest, I have had stomach ulcers in the past and knew it was simila...

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

  Post op chemo ready

  So 2 weeks since we seen the lovely Dr James.  Hubby has been coming on very well since extra pain relief,  still gets quite breathless and uses a stick but his choice and has said bring on the next rounds of chemo and then we can try to ha...

  Deb62 over 3 years ago
• Carried on Eagles' Wings

  How it all began - Prologue: the final (long!) part

  Another sleepless night before going to get the biopsy results at the breast clinic. We sat in the waiting room and, although we knew what was coming, we were quite calm. Fiona, the consultant surgeon, came straight to the point. I looked across at h...

  Amy123 over 3 years ago
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  Community News

  Anxiety and cancer - support from Macmillan's Online Community

  Online Community members share about managing anxiety and the symptoms of anxiety. Read about their experiences, as well as valuable resources and guidance if you struggle with anxiety.

  Dylan - Online Community Team over 3 years ago
• Chemo Diary

  22) Four months post chemo & first Zometa Infusion

  I had my follow up yesterday & also had my first zometa infusion.   I have been having really intense foot pain  since starting Letrozole so doc suggested stopping it for a few weeks to see if my foot improves. I’m  not...

  Meanegg over 3 years ago
• Mike1976

  Shit happens

  I d really don't know how to start I have been through hell and back these 2 years had radiotherapy and chemotherapy and 3 X surgeries cancer has taken away a third of me and taken away my manliness I keep smiling and putting on a positive spin b...

  Mike1976 over 3 years ago
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  Community News

  Macmillan’s mother tongue project- Della’s story

  Della talks in her mother tongue, Yorùbá, about her diagnosis, how her family responded and some of the stigmas still prominent in her and her family's community.

  Megan- Online Community Team over 3 years ago
• Summer 22

  The end?

  Radiotherapy finished last week. It was a relief as the travelling every day had got annoying, it just took so long. We had one day when I went in and came out on time, but even then the journey home was slow so overall it took almost 3 hours from le...

  Cross stitcher over 3 years ago