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

  Mr U 5 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 19 hours ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted

  W J 2 days ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 5 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

• A different kind of normal

  4 weeks in

  I should of maybe started this at the beginning (4 weeks ago) but to be honest I think that would of been impossible. It's only now that i feel like I can give anything more then 2 minutes of my attention. It's hard to believe that just over ...

  Former Member over 3 years ago
• Inflammatory Breast Cancer

  Diagnosis Day

  On 19th September, the day of the Queens funeral I rushed to the breast screening appointment thinking I had an abysses as I had had prickling and redness on my left breast. When I finally went to the GP as the redness did not move she put me on anti...

  Former Member over 3 years ago
• October 13th 2022

  Waiting

  Hospital just rang and hubby is going in on Tuesday for another biopsy, it’s a step closer to finding out. We also had a lovely phone call from his GP who through out all of  this has kept in touch and asked if we needed anything. Hubby ha...

  Confused2022 over 3 years ago
• Who’s idea was this?

  tamoxifen, phesgo, zomita & zoladex

  The treatments I still continue to get are: Zoladex injection in the stomach once every 4 weeks to put me into a menopausal state as i believe all the other things below work better on menopausal women. I get hot flushes and night sweats from this. O...

  KM26 over 3 years ago
• Who’s idea was this?

  Radiotherapy

  I had 15 sessions of radio therapy (mon-Fri for 3 weeks) and then i got to ring the bell at the end! which was actually a really nice feeling and made at least some of it worth it I didn't find radio too bad really i did start to get tired by the...

  KM26 over 3 years ago
• A trip with triple negative breast cancer

  Very slow progress

  2 days after the oncology registrar dumped the news about my liver lesion to me cold, over the telephone, I had my consenting appointment with the radiotherapy consultant. He had access to the same information as oncology, and was somewhat bemused. &...

  Coddfish over 3 years ago
• October 13th 2022

  Confused

  Just had a phone call from hubby’s Macmillian nurse, Told us it’s not good even though it sounds like it is, biopsy results come back negative! And would hubby have another one? Yes yes yes! we need to know what type of cancer it is to se...

  Confused2022 over 3 years ago
• Our Battle with Oesophageal Cancer

  Moving on, up....

  Just a quick update to say that Round 3, using the injections to boost the white blood cells, days 5-7, has gone by without a single emergency call and we have progressed on to Round 4. M is feeling strong and optimistic. Having the stent has been a ...

  Former Member over 3 years ago
• Carried on Eagles' Wings

  The Score After Round Two

  Chemo: 0 Team Amy123: 2   I think most people, me included, think of horrendous side effects when chemo is mentioned, and they can be. Before my treatment started, I read everything I could find (from reputable sources, of course) about the poss...

  Amy123 over 3 years ago
• October 13th 2022

  Support

  The day that will stay in my mind forever.  It’s not good news as me and hubby sat there our worlds falling apart. I’m sorry It is cancer and unfortunately it has spread we can offer you palliative care!!!! What no no no this isn&rsq...

  Confused2022 over 3 years ago