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

  Mr U 10 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 1 day 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 11 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 21 days ago
• Pete's cancer blog

  Peterb 26 days ago

Latest blog posts

• Shaka For Life

  Gratitude

  • I am alive • Successful mastectomy and lumpectomy in 2024, all margins clear • Survived 5 months of chemotherapy • Great breast prosthesis • I have the support of a loving fella, friends and family • I am managing part...

  Shaka4Lyfe over 1 year ago
• Shaka For Life

  Happy New Year 6th Jan 2025

  2025 brings a new year, unlike any I've experienced before. In a few weeks it'll be one year since I went for 'that' mammogram. Tomorrow was meant to be the day of my 2nd mastectomy (elected), which would have completed my treatment f...

  Shaka4Lyfe over 1 year ago
• My Hodgkin's story

  The B and the O, second and third weeks of BEACOPPdac cycle #1

  I have been on holidays and enjoying the Christmas period so wasn’t in the mood to write anything. Quite a difference compared to a year ago. Due to lack of movement with my GP and being refused a CT scan in A&E in early Dec 2023 (another G...

  swift_dc over 1 year ago
• Advanced GOJ cancer chemo advice please

  Capecitabine

  Hi there does anyone have experience of severe withdrawal symptoms on your rest days of chemo?

  Meghan over 1 year ago
• Peter's Blog

  A Living With Cancer Entry

  As January signifies 4 years since being told it looked like I had cancer, I’ve been thinking about how myself and my wife live with it and how it affects our lives, so I thought I’d do a post that doesn’t include any updates on my ...

  HawkeyeBrown over 1 year ago
• Prostate Cancer Recurrence - Triple Therapy

  15 weeks Post Chemo

  Now 15 weeks since I finished chemo and things are getting back to (new) normal. I still have fingernail problems but there is (albeit slow) improvement which I expect to continue for a while yet. I'm pleased to say there have been no other notic...

  excavator over 1 year ago
• Words, Pathways, Journeys

  Writing as a way of coping

  The purpose of my blog is to share how I’ve used writing to help me cope with my cancer journey, in the hope that this may be of interest or help for someone else dealing with their own cancer journey, or perhaps supporting someone in this posi...

  Writing Lola over 1 year ago
• Sex after cancer?

  Issues sexually after cancer.

  I'm 56 years old, a healthy male married since we were both 19 and still very much in love. 5 years ago my wife got a diagnosis of breast cancer, she decided to have a double mastectomy, radiation and chemotherapy, to say this was a hard time for...

  SuperP over 1 year ago
• Fit test 470 awaiting colonoscopy

  Positive fit test of 479.5

  Mum initially noticed change in bowels in Sept 2024, very constipated and frank blood, very unusal for herself after living years with diverticiulites. Came back from holiday following a weeks of constipation and frank blood and seen a practice nurse...

  FT470 over 1 year ago
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  Community News

  The power of peer support- the Online Community in 2024

  Each year we are humbled by the kindness and compassion our members show each other every day on the Community. We would like to take a moment to celebrate the power of peer support in 2024.

  Over 21,900 new members joined us this year looking for company and connection. Around 179,000 posts, blogs, and replies were made, alongside 125,739 virtual hugs and hearts were sent. It is amazing to see so many of you supporting each other through a cancer diagnosis, treatment, and side effects alongside the...

  Megan- Online Community Team over 1 year ago