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

  Mr U 5 hours ago
• Cool Cap Relief

  TerryB 3 days ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 4 days ago
• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

  Beesuit 4 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 5 days 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 6 days ago
• Multiple Myeloma

  Tess123 16 days ago
• Mumofcancer

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• Cycle 19 and not working anymore

  Emotions 25 days ago

Latest blog posts

• Peter's Blog

  In Between the News and Starting Chemotherapy

  Having gone from thinking I was on the road to recovery to getting the news that I have an incurable cancer was and still is hard hitting, I had just started getting a bit of normal back in my life, going out for walks and going back to work full tim...

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

  Cold Cap Conclusions

  From my experience, the Cold Cap treatment does work. So if this treatment is offered to you, you should have hope that it will almost certainly be successful for you too. I have now completed 7 simultaneous rounds of the Cold Cap and chemothera...

  Former Member over 4 years ago
• My next chapter starts here ….

  Day One

  So today I went to see my surgeon and his nurses, After the 4th of Feb my surgery went from drawing on me to shaving me to theatre,  it didn’t happen , The surgeon decided at last minute  that I’d prefer to go down a route that ...

  Former Member over 4 years ago
• Nose bleeds

  Nose bleeds

  Hi, is there any advice out there to prevent my nose from getting blocked up? I seem to have several daily nosebleeds and I’m guessing it’s a side effect of the Paclitaxel and Carboplatin chemo? thank you xx 

  Former Member over 4 years ago
• 

  TCHP journey

  Cycle 3/6 halfway there!!

  Well it wasn’t the best way to spend my 57th birthday but if it gives me more birthdays I am not complaining. l was quite scared of the cannula blowing again so got to the unit on time but nervous. Had to wait an hour to go in as my notes were ...

  Amelie11 over 4 years ago
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  One Life Live It

  Nobody talks about hair regrowth

  Ok, so I've been enjoying my wig for about a year now. It's shoulder length, blonde and I absolutely love wearing it.  But……my real hair is growing back, and is now at the stage where it's too long for the wig to be com...

  Irishgirl16 over 4 years ago
• Cancer just messed with the wrong boobs!

  Radiotherapy

  So today - on International Woman's Day, I finished my 5 rounds of radiotherapy. It's been a breeze compared to surgery and chemo. I've felt a few twinges in my boob and it's felt tender but so far all is good. The staff did say today...

  Jacala over 4 years ago
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  Community News

  All the details you need for the upcoming improvements

  
  
  

  After the ‘Look out for our improvements’ blog we posted last week, we wanted to give you some more information about our upcoming improvements and all the details you need to know about when these new features are going live. 

  Once the improvements go live later this week, the following information in this blog should help show you how to make the most of some of the new exciting functions we are introducing. Don’t worry, we’ll also be updating our Help pages with some step by...

  Megan- Online Community Team over 4 years ago
• Don't call me brave

  Totally fed up

  I’ve had enough now.  I’m not even 1/4 way through my proposed treatment plan and it’s hit me like a ton of bricks. I had my 3rd EC on Friday and woke up feeling nauseous and anxious.  Something that normally happens after...

  Former Member over 4 years ago
• Coach61

  A Wife’s Journey Through Husband’s Pancreatic Cancer

  I am quite happy to blog into the ether, basically talking to myself and trying to make sense of what has and is happening to our family on this journey. If it helps with anyone else that’s a bonus. It’s not straightforward as I write tho...

  Former Member over 4 years ago