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• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 1 hour 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.

  Dylan - Online Community Team 15 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

• There is comfort in fruit jellies and sparkling water

  Telling the family

  Last night I ventured into telling my girls, both adults & my Mum. One by phone as they live a fair way away from us,one face to face...both at the same time. And my Mum I walked down to see a bit later. It's still odd to say out loud, now I&...

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

  Radiotherapy after effects

  I am grateful that the protocol for breast cancer is now 5 days of treatment - I know people who had 15 days of treatment relatively recently, and people who had 5 or 6 weeks further back in time. Modern linear accelerators are able to deliver h...

  Coddfish over 3 years ago
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  Community News

  Cost of cancer- need new clothes as a result of cancer?

  The need for new clothing is the next topic of our ‘cost of cancer’ blog mini-series. If you haven’t yet read the ‘Need help with transport and parking fees’ blog, you can click the link to read it. We know there are often additional costs incurred due to a cancer diagnosis and the ‘cost of cancer series’ is highlighting a few of the costs that members of our Online Community have. Like our previous blog in the series, we will feature conversations from different Online...

  Moderator - Macmillan Community over 3 years ago
• There is comfort in fruit jellies and sparkling water

  Todays MRI scan

  Mri scan There is comfort in sparkling water & fruit jellies after nearly an hour in the scanner. Lots of noise interjected with Pink Floyd... We don't need no education & Wish you were here on loop. Ear phones & ear plugs are a weird...

  Former Member over 3 years ago
• There is comfort in fruit jellies and sparkling water

  0350, 25th November 2022

  Morning all,  It's 0350, I got up with hubby as he's off to work in a bit. I'm having a moment. I've sat here before wanting type, ask questions & generally say these ars*ng poxy scary-ish words out loud without sounding like...

  Former Member over 3 years ago
• Summer 22

  Cycle 2

  Cycle 2 is supposed to be today. It was postponed by 3 hours, so instead of having it now I am trying to wait patiently. It’s not that I am excited, more that I want it over with. Most of my concerns are about the cannula as I have a massive br...

  Cross stitcher over 3 years ago
• October 13th 2022

  Not wrote for a while

  Hubby has been making memories, Zip wires, castles, casino to name a few and now we are going to a lodge on a lake just the two of us for a few days to have a rest! He is still doing ok but we know that can change very soon, the nurses have visited a...

  Confused2022 over 3 years ago
• Chemo Diary

  11) 5 days post Chemo 4 - EC

  Not feeling too bad - really glad to be finished with the EC part of my chemo cycles.   I start Paclitaxel next so hopefully will be ok with that too.  I’m beginning to see a little light at the end of this long chemo tunnel - can&rsq...

  Meanegg over 3 years ago
• Klein's blog

  Anna - first chemo session

  Had my first chemo five days ago and hoping I don’t fall at the first hurdle as I am finding it hard to not be my jolly self at the moment. Mainly my legs don’t seem to be working as before and have got out my stick as a support. Personal...

  Former Member over 3 years ago
• Chemo Diary

  10) 4th Chemo - EC

  Yay final EC chemo which I understand is supposed to be the harder than Paclitaxel which is next on my chemo menu. Hopefully this is the case for me but as I didn’t find EC too bad am hoping that Paclitaxel treats me kindly too!  Off to a ...

  Meanegg over 3 years ago