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• Wittering away...

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

  Mr U 7 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.

  Matthew - Online Community Team 1 day ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 1 day ago
• Slightly Inconvenienced by Prostate Cancer

  Lemsip 8 days ago
• Peter's Blog

  A blog about bowel cancer at a young age

  HawkeyeBrown 9 days ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 10 days ago
• Kidney Not

  Mmum 10 days ago
• Looking after Mr. B

  Miranda t 15 days ago

Latest blog posts

• Not this time!

  #14 Co-morbidities

  Many people who start along the cancer path already have some underlying conditions. I have no idea what the statistics on that are, but I am sure, anecdotally, that these can impact on treatment options, diagnosis, etc. For me, it is a bit of a chic...

  Ronnie95 over 4 years ago
• Kidney Not

  Nivolumab Rechallenge - June 2022

  They do say cancer is a rollercoaster ride.  It certainly is!   Last week (22nd June) I had my first nivolumab mono-therapy dose which should have happened on May 4th 2022.  I was my oncologist’s top patient with no impactin...

  Mmum over 4 years ago
• 

  TCHP journey

  Surgery - Done!

  Friday 24th June day after my Mum’s 80th birthday, D-Day or BC day!! Had to go to the x Ray dept for 9:15 for radioactive isotope injection into breast, it helps surgeon locate lymph nodes. I wasn’t expected on the day case ward until 11:...

  Amelie11 over 4 years ago
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  TCHP journey

  The gap between chemo & surgery

  I did well….started to feel normal again after 3 weeks. Had Phesgo only on 1st June, and no side effects, yippee!! Went on holiday to Wales week 5 before surgery and got Covid!! NHS brilliant registered positive test and rang that day offered ...

  Amelie11 over 4 years ago
• A trip with triple negative breast cancer

  EC Round 3 - making progress

  I wrote a little too soon about the side effects at the end of round 2. Whilst it’s true I was generally well during the final week or so, I woke up most mornings with abdominal pain and wind that sometimes led to bowel urgency. I also never qu...

  Coddfish over 4 years ago
• Double C

  Biopsy results are in!

  09/09/2021 (Credit: Cartoonstock) We had barely sat down when the oncologist told me, “you have a small cancer.” I didn’t cry, I didn’t weep or break down. Instead, I listened to him talk but felt removed. I remember glancing...

  Former Member over 4 years ago
• Double C

  Breast clinic appointment: what happened...

  06/09/2021 (Credit: Chennai breast surgeon) Two weeks after my urgent referral, I was summoned to the breast clinic at Royal Alexandria Hospital in Paisley while William sat waiting in the car. Neither of us thought I’d be long.  A quick ...

  Former Member over 4 years ago
• Double C

  It started with and itch - 'who ever thought it would come to this'

  17/08/2021 (Credit: The cradle rocks) To begin my blog, I thought it best to explain how my breast cancer story started. I first became aware of my lump in the wee small hours of Tuesday, 17 August 2021. I had stayed up late watching television when...

  Former Member over 4 years ago
• Double C

  Bah Humbug!

  09 September 2021 On 09 September 2021 (five months before William’s diagnosis), my oncologist told me “you have a small cancer.” Those five words cemented the fact that the Humbug size lump nestled next to my right nipple wasn&rsq...

  Former Member over 4 years ago
• Spindrift Summer

  I did it!!!

  Today i swam without wetsuit for 30 minutes!!! When i got in i thought i'd last five! Getting in was pretty brutal but within minutes i was loving it!! Three if us were swimming, tomorrow morning tg 'll be five of us swimming along, hopefully...

  Former Member over 4 years ago