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• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 3 hours ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 5 hours ago
• Wittering away...

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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.

  Emma - Online Community Team 22 hours ago
• time for a cuppa....

  hugs 1 day ago
• Speaking to an empty room

  RedTree26 2 days ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  A cautionary tale of personal experience and common misconception

  dolphin99 3 days ago
• My Mengioma Brain Tumour Story

  GaryG298207 3 days ago
• Looking after Mr. B

  Miranda t 7 days ago
• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

  Beesuit 7 days ago

Latest blog posts

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  Community News

  Reflection: Looking back

  As we enter 2024, it may be important to sometimes take a moment and reflect on the year that you have had. Join us as we look at how some members of the Community share their thoughts on reflection.

  Syed - Macmillan over 2 years ago
• Pembro & Lenvatinib Journey for Serous Cancer

  Hope over the Holidays

  Well, I was feeling pretty awful as Cycle 2 began, but a little more positive when the Levatinib was halved - and having a week off felt good. It gave my mouth time to heal up and the aches in my muscles improved after a few days.  So, I was pos...

  GreenCliffLady over 2 years ago
• Oesophageal Cancer. From diagnosis to final outcome.

  Squamous Cell Oesophageal Cancer. From diagnosis to final outcome.

  After using this site for the last 8 months I wanted to submit my own story, in the hope that it will give others knowledge, expectations and hope regarding what may lie ahead after being diagnosed with Oesophageal Cancer.  My story began when ...

  Julieanne60 over 2 years ago
• Stage 4 Lung Cancer

  Stage 4 Lung Cancer

  Hi, I thought I would tell you about my journey so far. I first had a chest infection and could not stop coughing,  so much so that I had to be signed off work.  After having 8 different antibiotics , I was still no better, by now I had b...

  Willow23 over 2 years ago
• Is this my life now??

  Post operation 3 months on

  Hii All, I think there are lots of us in similar positions as myself, when reading posts in forums. Seems routine checks turned into something that needed delving into, to be told we have Cancer, I give Cancer a capital C because it is a reminder tha...

  Suzieblues over 2 years ago
• Pembro & Lenvatinib Journey for Serous Cancer

  Starting 2nd Cycle and Wanting to Give Up!

  Well, sorry for the delay in blogging- it’s not been the best of times. I think my expectations of how these drugs behave needed better management. Honestly I think I’ve had just about every side effect listed for Levitinib. First, t...

  GreenCliffLady over 2 years ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted

  Christmas

  My stomach is not too bad now. Had a got sleep as I was so tired. Anyway Happy Christmas  all x

  W J over 2 years ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted

  Few days after 2nd dose

  Nausea really, through the night, so unsettled sleep and poorer appetite; feeling a bit better on third day but tired

  W J over 2 years ago
• Dignity Pants and other misnomers

  Ding, Ding, Round Four

  Ding, Ding, Round Four I started three months of Chemotherapy on Monday 18th September 2023. It is now Thursday 7th December. And the last day of scheduled poison pills and the start of a proper detox. Well, truth be known I am actually now over 24 ...

  Dignahtee over 2 years ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted

  Dose 2

  21 Dec 2023 starting my second dose tonight, delayed a couple of days as my anti biotic course hadn’t finished. 

  W J over 2 years ago