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• Living with Desdemona

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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.

  Lizzie - Online Community Team 13 hours ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 17 hours ago
• Multiple Myeloma

  Tess123 6 days ago
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  W J 8 days ago
• Mumofcancer

  Mumofcancer 13 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 14 days ago
• Cycle 19 and not working anymore

  Emotions 15 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 16 days ago
• Pete's cancer blog

  Peterb 21 days ago

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  Community News

  Neurodiversity Celebration Week: Living with cancer as a neurodivergent person

  Neurodiversity Celebration Week and experiences of living with cancer as a neurodivergent person

  Moderator - Macmillan Community 5 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 332: One Call Too Many.

  Post 332: One Call Too Many. I’ve made a decision to get someone to look at my bed mattress. Since the holiday I’ve struggled with pain across my middle and lower back and my bum. Sitting is painful, and it’s now with me nearly al...

  Mr U 5 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 331: Tears of Laughter, Years of Laughter.

  Post 331: Tears of Laughter, Years of Laughter. As another year clicks by for Little Bro, the family are holding together tightly and lovingly. Big Sis on Friday and Little Bro today — I’m lucky to have the family I have. But first I...

  Mr U 5 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 330: The Forum Sometimes Saves the Day.

  Post 330: The Forum Sometimes Saves the Day. How many times does a day go by when there’s no one to help on the forum? I prefer it when I can choose to help. Today was not one of those, thankfully. As it was Mother’s Day, conjuring up ...

  Mr U 5 months ago
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  Community News

  Celebrating National Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist Day: Here for You When It Matters Most

  Whether they supported you through your cancer treatment, guided you on the Support Line, or offered reassurance through the Ask a Nurse forum, we’d love to hear about it.

  Wayne - Online Community Team 5 months ago
• My Journey So Far

  Side effects from chemo horrific

  Hi there, i was diagnosed in December 2025 HER2+ in right breast. Started chemo on 31st Dec. The side effects have been so bad that by number 3 they have reduced the dose by 20%. Although this helped with nausea the diarrhea has been relentless. The ...

  Queenie 5 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 329: Fair Weather but Pain Worsening.

  Post 329: Fair Weather but Pain Worsening Even watching Silent Witness isn’t enough to distract me from the spear of pain going from back to front on my right side. I hope I’m going to be okay for the holiday. With the cat fed and my D...

  Mr U 5 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 328: Please Let Me Be Well Enough for Dorset.

  Post 328: Please Let Me Be Well Enough for Dorset After getting to bed at 9pm (but with the last alarm for pills is at 10pm) and waking at 6am you’d have thought I’d be fighting fit and top of the parade — but I didn’t feel g...

  Mr U 5 months ago
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  Community News

  Living with cancer and lymphoedema

  We recently published the Life after cancer: dealing with health conditions after cancer blog. Sharing experiences from our forums and guidance for adjusting to a ‘new normal’ after cancer. But what if you are living with cancer alongside health conditions such as lymphoedema? This blog features lived experiences and support information to help you manage your lymphoedema.

  Living with cancer alongside other health conditions can be difficult when you are already dealing with the emotional...

  Megan- Online Community Team 5 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 327: A Dull Day Brightened by My Darling.

  Post 327: A Dull Day Brightened by My Darling. Have you ever had to call the bank because you can see fraud going on in your current account? OMG it’s a painful experience. Not only could the talking digital monster not understand me, it too...

  Mr U 5 months ago