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

  Mr U 4 hours 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 18 hours ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted

  W J 2 days 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 19 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

• Well, This Is Rich

  27th October

  Went on my favourite walk today.  This is the first bit of the walk.  There and back it’s about 14000 steps and I managed 1/2 the way and then picked up logs for the fire.   I love each part of this walk — despite being tir...

  BabeRuth over 3 years ago
• Well, This Is Rich

  This was yesterday.

  Looking quickly at the first post I see a few mistypes and shake my head.  Shocked and stunned became socked and stunned. Both could be true — new fluffy socks are high on my list for this week.  I have slept about 24 hours over the l...

  BabeRuth over 3 years ago
• October 13th 2022

  Not a good day

  Today has not been good for hubby, We went away for the night what a big mistake he did nothing but moan he’s turned into a very grumpy man. I do understand why as cancer has taken over everything but I did remind him that it may feel like the ...

  Confused2022 over 3 years ago
• Surely it got the wrong person?

  What have I learnt?

  Hello again, Since treatment has finished, it's been mixed feelings.  On one hand I feel incredibly fortunate the treatment is done and it's now a case of check ups. However I know there is something on my lung (which I'm told will b...

  Snooze over 3 years ago
• Spindrift Summer

  2nd op results tomorrow.

  I haven't been on MacM site for a while. I had a further margins op on october 7th, postponed from sept 1st due to covid. I've been trying to get on with life, hoping it's all clear and knowing i've a now 7 week healing wait before ra...

  Former Member over 3 years ago
• Life with triple positive breast cancer

  Pre-operative assessment

  Today it was my pre-operative assessment. That was easy. I think the only thing is that it made all very real. They gave me so many booklets. I spend 1 hour reading and investigating online what was what. It was good to know what would happen, but a...

  Plantlover over 3 years ago
• Well, This Is Rich

  Tuesday, October 25, 2022

  Headache all day today.  Feeling pretty low. So much to get done and so little energy to do it with.  Hopeful I will get a few good hours to get things done in.   Daughter managed to go from the door of the school today which is progre...

  BabeRuth over 3 years ago
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  Community News

  Cancer and the menopause - looking back on Menopause Awareness Month on the Online Community

  Looking back on October, Menopause Awareness Month, we will be highlighting conversations from across the Community related to menopause and cancer.

  Members have been discussing menopausal symptoms related to their cancer treatment. Some members might be experiencing an early menopause due to their cancer treatment, or coping with a natural menopause whilst living with cancer. Members also discussed coping with menopause at the same time as caring for a loved one with cancer or during a bereavement...

  Steph - Online Community Team over 3 years ago
• Life with triple positive breast cancer

  It's lovely and it's hard

  Now that I have shared the news with some friends, I have found it's tricky to navigate the different reactions from people. I know they love and care for me, and I love them too, but that doesn't mean it's not hard at times.  Family...

  Plantlover over 3 years ago
• Well, This Is Rich

  Monday, 23, October 2022. 07:44

  Just received diagnosis on Friday past. (21/10/2022).  Socked and stunned.   Tech talk — squamous cancer T1-N1-M0.  P16 positive. location — back of tongue.   7:51  I keep falling asleep. Cat woke me up at 7...

  BabeRuth over 3 years ago