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

  Mr U 6 hours 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 20 hours ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted

  W J 2 days ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 5 days ago
• Multiple Myeloma

  Tess123 10 days ago
• Mumofcancer

  Mumofcancer 17 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 19 days ago
• Cycle 19 and not working anymore

  Emotions 19 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 20 days ago
• Pete's cancer blog

  Peterb 25 days ago

Latest blog posts

• Welcome home

  A funny old week

  I'm finding it quite difficult to start writing today. It's been such a strange week and I'm at a bit of a loss to work it out. At the end of last week we had a mortgage application made and were waiting on an MRI appt. It was a beautiful...

  Lizig over 1 year ago
• Grant’s prostrate cancer Chemo blog

  A final update!

  I thought it was high time I finished the blog off! So here goes. Cycle 6 was pretty uneventful. The tiredness definitely continued for the 3 weeks post cycle 6. I got those scan results back and it was wonderful news! At the outset of my j...

  Grantyo12 over 1 year ago
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  One Life Live It

  So I didn't break a bone!

  It wasn't what I expected when attending a work conference. We were doing a short after lunch energiser, which involved competing with other teams to gather as many balloons as we could. I'm bending down to pick up (ok steal from another team...

  Irishgirl16 over 1 year ago
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  Me, Myself and Cancer: Helping you live well every day

  Pleased to meet you...

  Latest statistics show that there are more than 3 million people living with cancer in the UK and that, on average, someone is diagnosed with cancer at least every 90 seconds... and yet, I never thought that it would happen to me. I was 42 years old....

  MeMyselfandCancer over 1 year ago
• The Jellybean Journey

  The Beginning Jan 2025

  I wanted to share my journey so far. At the beginning of Dec 2024 I noticed a scratch on the back of my throat. I thought I might have caught a crisp or piece of toast on it. Over the new year I looked in the mirror again and could visibly see what I...

  Lindielou over 1 year ago
• Existing throughout death

  Preparing for the inevitable

  I would be interested to know how when the end is near people live the rest of their days?  What see's them through. We don't need to get ready for anything,.as we will no longer be here.  We don't know when it's going to ta...

  Earthfirewaterair over 1 year ago
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  Community News

  Dating with a stoma- Sarah's story

  As part of the Dating and cancer series, Sarah shares her journey of navigating the dating world since her bowel cancer diagnosis in 2018 and why being open and honest about her stoma bag is important for her.

  Megan- Online Community Team over 1 year ago
• One year in on Immunotherapy

  One year in on Immunotherapy

  I was diagnosed with Stage 4 RCC in December 2023 - Started treatment 28 Feb 2024 on Ipi / Niv. Was quite sick, not eating , weak,lethargic etc etc. After the 4 cycles of the combo was due to switch to Niv only - however my liver reacted and i was di...

  Cardcrafter over 1 year ago
• Welcome home

  Hopes and fears

  I'm continuing this blog - which no one other than I read - in the spirit of authenticity and the hope that anyone reading might gain some comfort in not being alone in their feelings. Reality hit with a great big bang in the last few days. The a...

  Lizig over 1 year ago
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  Community News

  "I saw that I wasn’t alone": The power of peer support when caring for a loved one with cancer

  March is Brain Cancer Awareness Month. We want to take this opportunity to highlight our Glioblastoma Multiforme Brain Tumour forum and Brain cancer forum. These are safe spaces for people affected by brain cancer, to find emotional support, discuss treatment and share experiences

  In this blog, we hear from Chris (Branoc), who joined the Online Community shortly after his wife was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour. He later became a Community Champion, supporting other members affected by brain...

  Dylan - Online Community Team over 1 year ago