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• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 4 hours ago
• Wittering away...

  Rowan8a3264 6 hours ago
• "It's Only Skin Cancer"

  A cautionary tale of personal experience and common misconception

  dolphin99 1 day ago
• 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.

  Wayne - Online Community Team 2 days ago
• Slightly Inconvenienced by Prostate Cancer

  Lemsip 5 days ago
• Peter's Blog

  A blog about bowel cancer at a young age

  HawkeyeBrown 6 days ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 7 days ago
• Kidney Not

  Mmum 8 days ago
• Looking after Mr. B

  Miranda t 13 days ago
• One Life Live It

  Sadly not a LandRover road trip, but my journey through breast cancer

  Irishgirl16 14 days ago

Latest blog posts

• 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
• My journey with oesophageal cancer.

  My journey with cancer

  About two years ago I was struggling to eat, spoke to a GP who said it was indigestion, I knew it wasn’t as food wasn’t getting down to my stomach. The GP put me on indigestion tablets for two months. After the first month the pain on try...

  GrandmaS over 3 years ago
• When lightening strikes twice.....

  How, why and......

  Hi, I am the sole carer of my dad. 11 years ago we had a rough ride on the cancer train when dad was diagnosed with tongue cancer. He under went chemo and radiotherapy. He suffered a stroke and a heart attack whilst undergoing treatment. We have had ...

  Former Member over 3 years ago
• Chondrosarcoma of the Rib - a journey

  Next steps - finding a surgeon

  Following the diagnosis, I received a 'fast track' for the NHS sarcoma service but an appointment wasn't available for two weeks and was with a respiratory doctor rather than a surgeon.  If I'd have stayed with the NHS I would ha...

  NetTiger over 3 years ago
• Chondrosarcoma of the Rib - a journey

  Finding Out

  Just a bit of background - I'm a non-smoker, run 5 miles several times a week, generally active because of two dogs to exercise.  Fit and healthy in all respects.  In January 2023 I had a brief flu - nothing really bad - but I found mys...

  NetTiger over 3 years ago
• My journey with Bladder Cancer

  Update: Week 9: The Chemo phase!

  As cycle 1 draws to a close, and a well earned treatment free week, as I build my strength up to deal with the next cycle. It seems strange to consider that is already 25% of chemo completed and the Cancer is dead and dying! It has been a challenge,...

  kaspont over 3 years ago
• Stomach cancer at 25

  Advice?

  Hello, dear people…  I never thought I would be one to join this forum, but here I am. I have been diagnosed with stomach cancer about 2 months ago and yesterday I got out of the hospital, where I have been admitted for 2 weeks. I had tot...

  Newtothis.. over 3 years ago
• APR Surgery with Sharon (August 2023)

  SATURDAY 12th AUGUST 2023

  Didn’t sleep great last night. My mind is so full. The biggest worry I have is that my body might not being strong enough physically, to get through the surgery. Having lost my Dad, Granda, Nana, Cousin and friends to this cruel disease, I...

  Shalaway over 3 years ago