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

  Mr U 7 hours 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.

  Dylan - Online Community Team 21 hours ago
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• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 5 days ago
• Multiple Myeloma

  Tess123 11 days ago
• Mumofcancer

  Mumofcancer 17 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 19 days ago
• Cycle 19 and not working anymore

  Emotions 19 days ago
• Warm your teaspoon

  Mrs of husband with bowel cancer - T3 N1 - chemo to be followed by radio then anterior bowel - depending what they find. Oxaliplatin and Capecitabine being the prescribed drugs. `

  Sierraoscar 20 days ago
• Pete's cancer blog

  Peterb 25 days ago

Latest blog posts

• Third time lucky?

  Poo(h) sticks save the day

  In 2015 I was invited by the NHS bowel screening programme to send them samples of my stools, which I did promptly. It was the second time I was taking part, the first time two years before the test was clear. But this time I was asked to repeat, the...

  Former Member over 3 years ago
• Third time lucky?

  Dedicated to the one that took my place (male breast cancer)

  In 2013 I had a scare for breast cancer. It turned out to be benign gynaecomastia, but for a few days I was obviously worried. In the aftermath and heaving a sigh of relief, I wrote the following. The Clive referred here is Clive James, whose lyric w...

  Former Member over 3 years ago
• A trip with triple negative breast cancer

  Cancer, the gift that keeps on giving

  I had an appointment with my oncologist today to follow up on my recent CT scan and liver MRI. Initially I thought it might be good news, as my appointment was taken by the Registrar, not the lead consultant. Not so. First up, my CA15-3 was within th...

  Coddfish over 3 years ago
• Tamoxifen

  Abemaciclib

  Has anyone started taking this chemo drug which I am about to start.?? I will be on it for 2 yrs for the prevention of breast cancer returning.   I know everyone is different but what are the immediate side effects? Anything like EC or Docetaxel?

  Thank you Zad

  Zad over 3 years ago
• Stomach cancer

  Helen28

  • My stomach cancer has returned.   Scared an u derstatement can’t operate but are trying to keep cancer at bay was suffering lot pain and sickness. Now I have been told after bowel obstruction. That there parts of it in colon.      Go see my oncologist next week worried sick I am 

  Former Member over 3 years ago
• Summer 22

  What next?

  Since last writing, I have continued to recover from the chemo - it is going to take longer than I thought! I still get tired much easier than I used to and I am having to allow for this. We have also spoken to the consultant again and I am now on ho...

  Cross stitcher over 3 years ago
• Food intake

  Does anybody have any suggestions

  Does anybody have any suggestions as to how to build a diet plan of 1/3 of my food intake and not battle to keep my weight on.

  Former Member over 3 years ago
• My black dog

  Crystals passing in urine

  When starting ENZ I was given a large dose tablet of Vitamin D On 23 3 23 I passed small,  white granules about the size of a small rice crispie As I have a urine infection a community nurse came to change the catheter. She noticed smaller cry...

  Former Member over 3 years ago
• My black dog

  TV chat on PC

  On 23 3 23  i got an appt with oncology which is a 60 mile round trip. I wanted to know what was causing pain in my rear end when sitting down. Went to the triage dept only to have my blood pressue taken and a sample checked. The nurse said I ha...

  Former Member over 3 years ago
• My black dog

  No faith in drs

  Just before covid I had trouble urinating and dr tested me for a urine  infection...got anti biotics and catheter. Since my brother had hodgkins then prostate cancer and now lung cancer I pressed my GP on PC but he kept saying I did not have sym...

  Former Member over 3 years ago