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• One Step At A Time

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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.

  Dylan - Online Community Team 3 days ago
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• Multiple Myeloma

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• Mumofcancer

  Mumofcancer 19 days ago
• Cycle 19 and not working anymore

  Emotions 21 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. `

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Latest blog posts

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  Community News

  Story of the Month: Jennifer

  Have you ever felt misunderstood during your experience with cancer?

  Here in the Online Community, we’re excited to launch a new series working with Macmillan’s Digital Storytelling Project, where people affected by cancer have created their own videos to talk about their experiences. We’re starting with Jennifer as our first story of the month for May 2022, also known on the Online Community as .

  Jennifer has created a video to share her experience of receiving a cancer diagnosis...

  Eliza -Online Community Team over 4 years ago
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  TCHP journey

  6/6 TCHP

  Yay 6/6 TCHP completed today!!! Had a slight panic as neutrophils low so had to have a repeat blood test and up a bit from Monday so they went ahead….!! Phew!!! Seeing the surgeon on Tuesday, for discussion re hopefully lumpectomy and lymph n...

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

  EC round 1 - day of infusion - demystifying the chemo day ward

  Everyone on chemo has to have a first chemo appointment, where it’s all a walk into the unknown. Today was mine, kitted out with my new Bard Power Port. So I write this to try to demystify it for other newbies. The appointment was 9am and a bun...

  Coddfish over 4 years ago
• It's Gone Tits Up

  A chemical reaction, physical attraction

  I’m writing this post from the Maggi’s centre today, bit of a change of scenery for my appointment. I’ve been at the Radioactive Medicine Department of the hospital where I have had a lovely 6 hour day booked out for me. They inject...

  Former Member over 4 years ago
• Turning Triple Negative into a Positive

  Ding Ding round 3 under the belt

  So I’m 5 days post round 3 (EC) I am knackered! Chemo went as usual, very nice different nurse got good vein first time, nice little bruise but that ok. I took 2 paracetamol before the cold cap this time and it took the edge off the bite but we...

  Harrigoose over 4 years ago
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  One Life Live It

  Radiotherapy Late Effects Team

  Well, I've reached 50-something years old without knowing there's such a things as a radiotherapy late effects team. I was greeted today at my referral by a lovely radiotherapist who reminded me that she'd spoken to me at least twice on t...

  Irishgirl16 over 4 years ago
• If only it was just the jelly boob

  After chemo

  So let me take a moment to explain why my blogs are short, before bc I was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis and fibromyalgia, so typing or writing for a long period is difficult as my fingers tend to cramp up. So little and often it is, anyway too ...

  Bluebird295 over 4 years ago
• A trip with triple negative breast cancer

  I’ve got the power

  I had a “power port” portacath device fitted this morning. It’s a small port that sits in your upper chest with wiring into your veins and can be used for delivering chemo and taking bloods. It’s an alternative to the PIC...

  Coddfish over 4 years ago
• If only it was just the jelly boob

  So where to start... When I was healthy I guess!

  So December 2021, I was diagnosed with breast cancer and just to be different I had two tumours a smaller triple negative one and a larger her+ in the same boob. No problem I can deal with this, got cracking with four rounds of docetaxal iv chemo. Th...

  Bluebird295 over 4 years ago
• Kidney Not

  Ipilimumab / Nivolumab - 14th Jan 2022

  I have been looking forward to treatment day 1 for so long.  I can't wait to get these drugs inside me.   I am fortunate my treatment hospital is 10 mins drive from my house.  After deliberating whether to drive or get dropped off...

  Mmum over 4 years ago