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

  Mr U 10 hours ago
• Cool Cap Relief

  TerryB 1 day ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 2 days ago
• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

  Beesuit 3 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 3 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 4 days ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted

  W J 6 days ago
• Multiple Myeloma

  Tess123 15 days ago
• Mumofcancer

  Mumofcancer 21 days ago
• Cycle 19 and not working anymore

  Emotions 23 days ago

Latest blog posts

• New to group

  My brother has cancer

  Hi all My brother has stage 4 lung cancer. He was diagnosed 4 months ago and only told me just before christmas. Staff at his work were taking him to appointments and pleaded with him to tell me but as he said to have told me makes it all real. It&#3...

  Liquidsunshine over 2 years ago
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  Community News

  A lighthouse in someone’s storm- Being an Online Community Champion

  Jane, one of our amazing Community Champions, talks about her role as an Online Community Champion and why she gives back to the Community that helped her.

  Megan- Online Community Team over 2 years ago
• Just started EC Chemo

  Tuesday 6th February 6th day post 3rd EC

  Well I stayed in bed until about 8.30 today, my eyes just feel so heavy and dry this morning. I must have woken up about 6 times over night, maybe more, each time I turned my pillow because I had been drooling like a demented animal. I was determined...

  Alison218 over 2 years ago
• The tonsils have to go!

  No surprises!

  So a week into radiotherapy and everything is going well, or should I say as expected. The therapy itself is straight forward and I’m already getting into the swing of things. All I do is turn up at my allotted time, wait for my name to be cal...

  Coxey over 2 years ago
• Just started EC Chemo

  Monday 5th Feb day 5 post 3rd EC

  Well today started the same as normal waking during the night and finally getting up at 6.30. Made a cup of tea and sat an watched lastnights Call the midwife. The tea really didn't have any taste at all this morning.  Hubby got up at 8 and ...

  Alison218 over 2 years ago
• Kicking My Cancer's Arse

  Kicking My Cancer's Arse (My Cancer Diary) - Part 2

  Introduction This is the second part of my cancer diary, which details the past month. The first part of my cancer diary was published on this WordPress blog on the evening of 14 October.  Over the course of that evening and the next d...

  Phil42 over 2 years ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted

  Nausea

  Few days of being tired and having nausea. Anti sickness tablets helping. But tiredness just needs rest. Headaches are down but throbbing/pulsing head ( usual tinnitus )

  W J over 2 years ago
• Just started EC Chemo

  Sunday 4th February, Day 4 post 3rd EC

  Well I had a better night sleep last night I did wake up at 2 o'clock o'clock 5 o'clock and 6 o'clock but I managed to stay in bed until 8.45 just dozing. It's the best night sleep I've had well I say best nights sleep I stayed in bed longer this is ...

  Alison218 over 2 years ago
• A trip with triple negative breast cancer

  Numb

  We decided to take a short break whilst I await my appointment for a liver MRI. The ongoing slew of consequences from my immunotherapy related adverse event have been taking their toll on me physically and mentally, and I felt a change of scenery mig...

  Coddfish over 2 years ago
• Yet another new side effect

  Oral thrush along with diarrhoea!

  I wasn't well on Thursday evening. I went to bed feeling sick with a headache. I suspected I had oral thrush because my tongue was very pale and the usual post EC chemotherapy taste was very different, everything tasted bitter and sour. On Friday...

  Jocasta over 2 years ago