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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

• GIST Tumours

  GIST Tumours

  Male 59yrs Live in KZN, SA Newly Diagnosed GIST - Tumours - Maligant - 17th March 2022 Started targetted Theraphy on 24th March 2022 Daily Mivesta 400mg Praying for Shrinkage Would like to connect with GIST patients  around the world

  Former Member over 4 years ago
• A trip with triple negative breast cancer

  An interlude of normality

  On my better days, I realise there is no point wasting today on worrying about what tomorrow will bring. The oncology appointment will get set up and I will hear about it by snail mail letter. Possibly Easter will get in the way too. Even if I move s...

  Coddfish over 4 years ago
• Shrapnel

  I'm afraid it's breast cancer

  Please follow the link to read my post: https://tumblebee00.wordpress.com/2022/04/08/im-afraid-its-breast-cancer/ 

  _tumblebee over 4 years ago
• Shrapnel

  Time and Irrationality

  Please follow the link to read my post: https://tumblebee00.wordpress.com/2022/04/06/time-and-irrationality/

  _tumblebee over 4 years ago
• Shrapnel

  NHS Superhero Cape

  Please follow the link to read my blog post: https://tumblebee00.wordpress.com/2022/04/03/nhs-superhero-cape/

  _tumblebee over 4 years ago
• Shrapnel

  I have always been lumpy

  Please follow the link to read my blog:  https://tumblebee00.wordpress.com/2022/04/01/i-have-always-been-lumpy/

  _tumblebee over 4 years ago
• A trip with triple negative breast cancer

  Relief and frustration

  I had my follow up appointment today. Naively, I expected all the disciplines of the MDT to be at the clinic so that it was a one stop shop to agree what happens next, even if it meant a succession of meetings. But no, it was just the surgery team fe...

  Coddfish over 4 years ago
• Lucky Petsca Diagnosis

  Petscan diagnosed my Breast Cancer

  Lucky I had a lung nodule that was being watched and due to growth I was sent for a Petscan.  I am fifty seven years old and have a lung nodule that has been watched for four years. I had a mammogram at 50, 53 and 12 months ago at 56. All of the...

  Former Member over 4 years ago
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  Community News

  Community Round-Up Blog - March 2022

  March sparks the season of change. As nature starts to repair after winter and spring starts to arrive (although I wish spring would get a move on with the temperature change!) March has also been a time of change for us here on the Community as we have welcomed some fresh new features to the site.  We also welcomed 1,764 new Community members last month. So get ready to read all about the what’s been going on on the Community for the marvellous month of March.

  We kick-started March by releasing...

  Syed - Macmillan over 4 years ago
• A booby is a seabird with blue feet

  Playing it by ear

  My original tumour measured over 9 cm x 4 cm x 4 cm. This made it the size of a quite a large mouse. It even had a sort of tail, in my lymph nodes. Mid-treatment my tumour measured about 2.4 cm x 2.3 cm x 2.4 cm. So it was then about the size of may...

  Former Member over 4 years ago