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  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 booby is a seabird with blue feet

  Series of serious saromas

  Having a series of saromas (on one side of my chest, after a single mastectomy) has made me consider the size of what I have lost. The breast must have been around 500 ml, if the amount of liquid which has been filling the space is anything to go by....

  Former Member over 4 years ago
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  Community News

  Showing empathy to everyone

  Have you ever been told you look great, but on the inside when you’re not feeling your best? Has someone you know assumed how you may be feeling, just because you’re living with cancer? If you have, then you’re not alone.

  This blog is highlighting some of the experiences members have shared when it comes to coping with the assumptions of others, and how being a part of Macmillan’s Online Community has helped.

  "I have since told friends that I am struggling, one friend said...

  Megan- Online Community Team over 4 years ago
• Myeloma

  Myeloma

  Hello.

  I was diagnosed last Thursday.  The hematologist said to me that I would die with this, not from it?

  I'm not sure if that's true? Can the myeloma cause server issues with your body that you could die?

  Former Member over 4 years ago
• A booby is a seabird with blue feet

  Saroma, saroma, saroma ...

  As feared, I have a new ‘saroma boobie’. The fourth one, in less than a month.   Looking at this really generously, it might be considered a special skill? I’m able to create a pretty convincing boobie-like structure, approxima...

  Former Member over 4 years ago
• Not this time!

  # 13 Coping / Not Coping

  About 6 weeks after treatment had finished I hit rock bottom. I had thought I would be feeling much better at this stage. In all honesty I think the past few months caught up with me and once the morphine was lifting the truth and weight of what I ha...

  Ronnie95 over 4 years ago
• A booby is a seabird with blue feet

  Ooh, another saroma? Thank you so much, but ...

  My saroma (in the place of my left breast) has now grown to the size of its real twin. Yet I’ve said what I assumed was a final goodbye to my genuine left breast once before surgery, then to two imposters since! Another farewell – the fou...

  Former Member over 4 years ago
• Cancer just messed with the wrong boobs!

  Back to work and Covid

  So my sicknote ran out on the 3rd April. I could've extended it but felt I was delaying the inevitable so I decided to go back to work on the 4th April. It also meant that my pay would go back to full pay (it had been half since February). So my ...

  Jacala over 4 years ago
• Kidney Not

  Hello Oncology - 21st December 2021

  Tuesday 21st December is the important date I meet my oncology team.  I’m desperate to build a good trusting relationship with my consultant.   I have huge expectations for this meeting for obvious reasons.  Add in the waiti...

  Mmum over 4 years ago
• Turning Triple Negative into a Positive

  Waiting is so very hard

  Waiting is so very hard At this stage i spend my days convinced i have cancer everywhere and the age / unfitness niggles i had been feeling was my body being consumed, this really can play with your mind, especially with lack of sleep. After the ini...

  Harrigoose over 4 years ago
• Turning Triple Negative into a Positive

  This is where it began

  This is where it began, I found a lump in my left breat at the beginning of February 22, not a small lump either, i described it to the nurse as around the size of a 50p. Not something you would think you could miss. Now i do check my girls but proba...

  Harrigoose over 4 years ago