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

  Mr U 22 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 17 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 18 days ago
• Cycle 19 and not working anymore

  Emotions 19 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

• Peter's Blog

  It Takes Two To Tango – the start of the immunotherapy story

  To follow on from my last post, I started immunotherapy, after my first session myself and my wife saw the oncologist on October 20th to discuss how things were going. We discovered these immunotherapy drugs have been around a while; however it is qu...

  HawkeyeBrown over 3 years ago
• JerrieM blog.

  Third cycle

  Just had my third cycle of chemo which went through the Picc line which was put in yesterday. Definitely recommend a Picc line. I seem to have had every possible side effect but I remain in hope this one will be different.

  JerrieM over 3 years ago
• Chemo Diary

  17) 3rd Paclitaxel

  I had my 7th chemo cycle today (3rd cycle of Paclitaxel). One more to go yay!   I am feeling very tired and slept most of the afternoon but otherwise so far so good but it is early days. Let’s see what the next few days brings :) 

  Meanegg over 3 years ago
• Carried on Eagles' Wings

  Letter to a friend

  For the past 13 months I have been following Becky’s experience with glioblastoma. On 23 December I wrote her a letter. That letter and her reply are below. Following surgery yesterday, Becky finds herself on the very edge of a precipice. My pr...

  Amy123 over 3 years ago
• 

  TCHP journey

  Been a while….!!

  I think the shock of continuing on  treatment stopped me writing for a while….!! This year has been busy I went to 4 weddings and one funeral sadly. I managed to not have to wear a wig as kept half my hair with the cold cap previously. Am...

  Amelie11 over 3 years ago
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  One Life Live It

  And Treatment Continues

  People were surprised (and concerned) last week when I mentioned at work I needed to adjust some meeting due to my treatment and I realised that most people don't realise the cancer treatment can be something to live with long term.  After I...

  Irishgirl16 over 3 years ago
• My Cervical Cancer at a ripe old age!

  Latest News

  Hi everyone.  I've not posted anything for a while due to various things happening. I had a new kitchen fitted on 31st Oct by the housing association that I'm very pleased with. Unfortunately everything had to be moved out. The workmen m...

  Former Member over 3 years ago
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  Community News

  Looking back at the Online Community in 2022

  We’re coming to the end of 2022 and as the new year approaches, we wanted to take some time to look back at what’s happened on the Online Community this year. This blog is a short overview of some Community highlights.  

  The Online Community team would firstly like to thank all our members for the kindness and support that you have shown each other this year. There have been over 75,802 posts in our Community groups which shows the tremendous amount of peer support that can be found here...

  Megan- Online Community Team over 3 years ago
• Life as a Partner of someone with Cancer

  So tired

  The baby didnt sleep well last night. He was up & down all night coughing so ive had very little sleep. He has gone to nursery & im now at work. J spent most of yesterday in bed, we saw him for about half an hour at teat time. Hes still ...

  Former Member over 3 years ago
• Life as a Partner of someone with Cancer

  History

  So i thought blog number 1 would be best started with a bit of background & how we have got to where we are.  I am 35 and the partner of J. He is 39. We have a 15 month old son.  J had been having problems with his voice for some, proba...

  Former Member over 3 years ago