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

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• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

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• One Step At A Time

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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.

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• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted

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• Multiple Myeloma

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• Mumofcancer

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• Cycle 19 and not working anymore

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Latest blog posts

• BC, the inflammatory one.

  Water

  Hauled up and down in a bucket. Clattering against the sides. Skin scraping. Water escaping each time. Precious water. Every drop guarded. Needed. Deep in the well of darkness. Cold. Unable to move. Beyond exhausted. Five times dipped before the hard...

  Former Member over 5 years ago
• Into the unknown

  Waiting game

  Well it's been a week of wondering ,then bam, everyone gets Intouch , my GP online account is updated , and how many times do I have to see the words suspected colonrectal cancer. Feeling a bit sad I guess ,waiting is the worst of all.

  Former Member over 5 years ago
• It's Gone Tits Up

  I get by with a little help from my friends

  On Friday, I went wig shopping. Truth be told, I really didn’t want to. I’m quite happy with my buzz cut and didn’t want to look like a man in drag in a bad wig that I was constantly fighting with. Turns out, wig shopping was the mo...

  Former Member over 5 years ago
• Bawbee's Journey

  Jun 14 2021

  First RT today went well.It was pretty uneventful, maybe a wee bit slower than I thought it would be; was there for around 45 minutes when I was told 15 - maybe it’s just it being the first session. Still sore from the feeding tube procedure bu...

  Bawbee over 5 years ago
• My bowel and other parts

  8th June - appointment with surgeon

  We were the last appointment of the day and went in just over an hour late, it was an anxious wait. The surgeon explained everything very clearly and answered our questions fully so I didn’t mind the wait, we certainly didn’t feel rushed....

  Jopeg over 5 years ago
• My bowel and other parts

  1 June - I phone the hospital after a week of silence

  Tuesday after a bank holiday and a week after the MRI I decided it was time to chase things along. I phoned the nurse team and asked what was happening. I was told that a letter was in the post with an appointment to see the consultant, or one of his...

  Jopeg over 5 years ago
• My bowel and other parts

  25th May - MRI

  Again all went to time despite it being quite late in the afternoon. I had no problems with the MRI and was amused by the hologram of a beach with flying birds and falling coconuts. Slightly bemused afterwards as I was ushered out and nobody told me ...

  Jopeg over 5 years ago
• My bowel and other parts

  20th May - Hoping for gallstones

  I received a phone call from the nurse. She said the CT scan had shown the tumour on my bowel and something small near my liver that was probably unconnected possibly gallstones, I needed an MRI to be sure. I asked how large the tumour was and was to...

  Jopeg over 5 years ago
• My bowel and other parts

  18th May - CT scan

  The worst part of this was remembering not to eat! The bowel prep wasn’t too bad.  I think I went into my appointment slightly early and it wasn’t too bad an experience.  I was asked which was my best arm for veins and I said &l...

  Jopeg over 5 years ago
• Community News

  Men's Health Awareness Week - Dan wants you to douche it

  

  Did you know that it’s Men’s Health Awareness Week 14^th - 20^th June 2021?

  The recent Macmillan campaign ‘Tell Us The Score’ explained that men represent 51% of people diagnosed with cancer, but that only 37% of the calls to the Macmillan Support Line come from men.  Similarly, members of the Community are less likely to be men.  This means that men are missing out and aren’t asking for, or getting, the essential support they need from us.

  We want to encourage men to start...

  Steph - Online Community Team over 5 years ago