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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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Latest blog posts

• A trip with triple negative breast cancer

  First sighting of dry land

  Six weeks into my immunotherapy related adverse event, I can see a path to dry land.  Kidney function is gradually improving. My creatinine is down to less than 1.5 x my baseline and the medical team still think I have further recovery potential...

  Coddfish over 2 years ago
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  Community News

  Rhod Gilbert: A Pain in the Neck – a powerful Head and Neck Cancer documentary on Channel4.com

  Welsh stand-up comedian Rhod Gilbert shares his head and neck cancer story in this unflinching and emotional Channel 4 documentary. Did you watch it? What did you think?

  Matthew - Online Community Team over 2 years ago
• Dignity Pants and other misnomers

  High Noon

   High Noon This marks the end of 3 months of tests and consultations and the end of part one of my journaling of my life with cancer. It’s a bit of a tear jerker…. The classic 1952 western has a memorable theme featuring the line &...

  Dignahtee over 2 years ago
• Beginning of climbing the mountain (Chemotherapy Treatment for HER 2 Negative)

  Day 2

  Morning wirriors Well I slept so well! I really didn’t think I would.  Keeping on top of my anti sickness tabs as I have a phobia of sickness.  As expected, Chemo sent my diabetes into heywire. Luckily I came home from the hospital we...

  Neoza over 2 years ago
• Beginning of climbing the mountain (Chemotherapy Treatment for HER 2 Negative)

  Counting down

  The first shot of chemo treatment wend down on ok this morning. Still feeling ok; early days I know.  Not feeling or being sick! That’s my phobia so I’m keeping my fingers crossed.  I was surprised th quickly everything was don...

  Neoza over 2 years ago
• Peter's Blog

  June Through To Scan Results October 2023

  Much like my last entry as this covers another good few months I have split it into sections again to try and cover how I have been feeling, how treatment has been going and how I’ve been trying to get out and do things. So go grab a tipple of ...

  HawkeyeBrown over 2 years ago
• Beginning of climbing the mountain (Chemotherapy Treatment for HER 2 Negative)

  First day of chemo treatment

  I’ve been awake since 2am and decided to get up at 5.  Feeling anxious but happy to start the treatment too.   After visited my new workplace yesterday, I’m feeling even more positive.   I also hope the chemotherapy wo...

  Neoza over 2 years ago
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  Community News

  Catching up with the Liver Cancer Forums for Liver Cancer Awareness Month

  October is Liver Cancer Awareness Month. In this Community News Blog we will be catching up with the liver cancer forum on the Community to see what support has been shared during the run up to the month.

  Steph - Online Community Team over 2 years ago
• Dignity Pants and other misnomers

  The sequel...part two of 'Responsible Adults and a Big Knife'

  Responsible adults and a big knife – Part 2 Everyone has gone and there is a new nurse present. The recovery nurse. She asks me how I am feeling. Good, I think except my throat is a bit sore? She removes the air-way; a plastic tube that keeps y...

  Dignahtee over 2 years ago
• Prostate cancer Brachytherapy three Months later

  The Journey Part 2 after Brachytherapy

  So you need to read my first part before you read this although if you have had the treatment you know what it is like and so to start part two. I thought it would be pretty plain sailing had the treatment then a case of recovery but oh no first off ...

  Tel64 over 2 years ago