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• Community News

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Latest blog posts

• A trip with triple negative breast cancer

  Cleared by radiotherapy consultant

  I am ‘blessed’, if that’s the correct word, with a pair of 36HH breasts. The right one has a nice curving scar round the outside, where they gained access to remove the breast tumour in one direction, and 4 lymph nodes in the other ...

  Coddfish over 3 years ago
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  Community News

  "People are afraid to use the word cancer in our Community." - Nahida and Saddiya tell us more

  Nahida & Saddiya speak in their Mother Tongue Sylheti, a dialect of Bengali, to talk about some of the cultural stigmas when faced with a cancer diagnosis.

  Megan- Online Community Team over 3 years ago
• My journey with Bladder Cancer

  Update: Week 11: The Chemo cycle 2 - Treatment for this cycle complete!

  As week 11 rolls along, the treatment part of cycle 2 is complete (week 3 has no treatment, to help build my strength up to do it all over again!). The Tuesday phone calls are becoming a time of apprehension now as depending on the quality of the...

  kaspont over 3 years ago
• Partner left behind.

  Scarred and life changer

  My partner of 22yrs passed away on May 5th 2022. We were a hard working family with a son who we adored.Life was good and we loved our holidays and days out always in Britain and Scotland and mostly in her parents caravan based at Berwick and after a...

  DORA23 over 3 years ago
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  Community News

  "I became a stage 4 lung cancer patient from an ordinary man overnight." - James shares his story

  James and his wife Helen, talk in their Mother Tongue Cantonese to share some of the cultural stigmas and issues they faced when James was diagnosed with lung cancer.

  Megan- Online Community Team over 3 years ago
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  Community News

  Help when you’re a helper: Dennis’ story

  Dennis is sharing his story and experiences as a carer for his wife, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia. Dennis talks about his mental health and how he found support from Macmillan.

  Eliza -Online Community Team over 3 years ago
• A trip with triple negative breast cancer

  Pembrolizumab 1 - 0 Cancer

  The scores on the doors after my first 12 week block of pembrolizumab and nab-Paclitaxel are in, and it’s looking promising. The liver MRI showed some reduction in the liver lesions, and the CT scan isn’t showing anything new elsewhere. T...

  Coddfish over 3 years ago
• RIG feeding

  Letti asks - Any advice?

  Hi, I was diagnosed with head and neck cancer Nov 2021. After surgery to remove 2 tumours from back of mouth and under tongue I was recovering well until starting radiotherapy. 8 sessions into prescribed 30, the side effects started. A week later I b...

  Letti over 3 years ago
• My journey with Bladder Cancer

  Update: Week 10: The Chemo cycle 2!

  Let's recap, Chemo is a cocktail of poisons. My treatment name is GemCarbo (Gemcitabine and Carboplatin) administered intravenously. A cycle consists of week 1 day1 Both chemicals, week 2 day 8 Gemb, Week 3 No treatment (to recover to do it all...

  kaspont over 3 years ago
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  Community News

  Coping with bereavement

  It can be a difficult thing to process losing a loved one, realising that your loved one may not have long left. Here's how some of the Online Community members express their thought and feeling around bereavement.

  Syed - Macmillan over 3 years ago