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  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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• 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

• CCL

  Me and CLL

  my first time at this. after several years of going to and from the doctors seeing different ones I was first diagnosed with hemacromatosis  of the{ LIVER } spent 2 years with having blood taken from me that caused the cll to grow. Started me of...

  Former Member over 4 years ago
• It's Gone Tits Up

  I’ll make a cup of coffee for your head

  So it’s been a little while since I’ve been on here to post. There’s been a lot going on in that time and to be honest I feel like it just all got on top of me for a while. Sharing my doom and gloom feelings while I was still feelin...

  Former Member over 4 years ago
• A booby is a seabird with blue feet

  So long, seventh saroma!

  My seventh saroma will hopefully be my very last one. Because I have had more than enough of these, thank you. Otherwise I may soon receive the gift of a steroid injection in my chest cavity. Which doesn’t sound too lovely, to be honest. Even ...

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

  Second oncology appointment

  I returned to the oncology department and this time met the lead consultant for breast oncology. This felt a much better meeting where I got more personalised input on my cancer risk and on my likelihood of tolerating chemo. Main areas of risk are th...

  Coddfish over 4 years ago
• oc for an og

  Before and after cancer

  As dramatic as it sounds I'm sure everyone who has had cancer can agree there's life before and there's life after. it doesn't mean life won't go on or be as good, if anything it'll become better than ever. it just means life ...

  Former Member over 4 years ago
• Shrapnel

  Hurry Up And Wait

  Please follow the link to read my post: https://tumblebee00.wordpress.com/2022/04/29/hurry-up-and-wait/

  _tumblebee over 4 years ago
• Shrapnel

  So Many Letters

  Please follow the link to read my post: https://tumblebee00.wordpress.com/2022/04/26/so-many-letters/

  _tumblebee over 4 years ago
• oc for an og

  Time

  Time is so powerful. How much a difference time can make. How in the moment it feels like forever. How long time feels when waiting. How fast time flies when it is uncertain.   I suppressed most of my memories of hospital but as I di...

  Former Member over 4 years ago
• Facing the future: Together

  End of April update (2022)

  Hi, 

  I said that I would keep everyone informed of how it went with the Oncologist... 

  This appointment was a face to face conversation for Dal and his Oncologist, as previously mentioned Dal is doing amazingly well and he has been told that whilst he is able to continue to manage the Chemo/Targetted therapy as well as he is, he will continue with this treatment. 

  All Dal's bloods are good, actually they are amazing, based on his original markers in May2020   

  May 2020 blood-markers were  - CA19.9...

  Lowedal over 4 years ago
• Steve E

  Steve E

  On 22nd December 2021 I had a operation to remove a tumor in my bladder. Then I was told it was caught early and it was a aggressive type tumor. I then went for 6 weeks of BCG treatment.  Today on 29th April 2022 I had a cystoscope only to find ...

  Steve E over 4 years ago