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

  Mr U 15 hours ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted

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• 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

• A trip with triple negative breast cancer

  Thoughts on Pembrolizumab

  Pembrolizumab has been around for a few years, but is fairly new in the world of TNBC. My oncologist doesn’t have direct personal experience of it, as she is a breast cancer oncologist, and by the sound of it I will be the hospital’s firs...

  Coddfish over 3 years ago
• Maria meets C

  17/04 Goodbye Mamma

  Lumpectomy day...I had to be in the hospital for admission at 07:30. I woke up early to take one last shower with this special decontamination wash lotion. But before that, I took some last pictures of my boobies. My A/B cups have been with me ...

  Guida over 3 years ago
• Pippi

  NHS Crisis

  Hi everyone,  after reading lots of members posts for various types of cancers and also those who have lost their spouses, I felt angered that I hd to let off steam.  So please bear with me.  My husband was told and treated for a hiatu...

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

  Progression again

  The results are in from my PET-CT scan and I do have further progression. The first metastasis to my liver, the one I had ablated in December, has grown back to fill all of the space left by the ablation. So it’s about twice the size it was in ...

  Coddfish over 3 years ago
• Alien on Board

  Anyone else out there like me ???

  In Feb 2022 I went in for a "routine" op to have my prostate removed "robotically"......but it went wrong.....I ended up with an emergency STOMA after the Consultant, not the surgeon who had introduced himself to me on the morning...

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

  Breast Cancer 5 - 26 days post op…

  It’s 26 days, almost 4 weeks since my operation.  Do I still have the nerve pain?  Yes, I do.  What’s it like? Sunburn dipped in nettle stings!  But thanks to feedback from here and instructions from the Breast Unit, h...

  SweetiePie over 3 years ago
• Carried on Eagles' Wings

  How it all began – Prologue Part 3

  The rollercoaster ride continued after the holiday. Just one day back at work before my appointment at the breast clinic. Work kept me very busy and distracted much of the time. But the impending appointment was never far from my mind and the waves o...

  Amy123 over 3 years ago
• Maria meets C

  The day I met Dr. B

  After my diagnosis, the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) needed to meet to discuss my case. They review every patient's scans and biopsies and come up with a treatment plan. I was told that this meeting takes place every Thursday in my hospital, so ...

  Guida over 3 years ago
• Transplant For One

  Transplant For One

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

  Day 22 pre op

  Went to see his surgeon Mr Vohra such a lovely person to say how skilled he is , so down to earth, anyway was told no sign of cancer in any of the lymph nodes and now being referred back to onogology for mop up chemotherapy,  also had his feed t...

  Deb62 over 3 years ago