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

  Mr U 14 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

• My cancer history

  My first cancer!

  08-Oct-2012 - bowel cancer We were both called to the hospital for a chat with the cancer consultant and to have various blood tests. Two weeks later another meeting. I heard the words "cancer" and "terminal" in the same sentence....

  Eric the squeezebox over 1 year ago
• Peter's Blog

  July to October/November 24 Scan Results

  Kicking off from where I left off on my last entry, July went as planned with treatment and as normal we tried to get out and about for walks etc, aside from it got very warm, then I was sat inside with curtains closed and fans on to keep cool. Augus...

  HawkeyeBrown over 1 year ago
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  TCHP journey

  Cold Cap

  Just to say I highly recommend the cold cap Paxman system it totally worked for me and my hair is back to normal now Photo shows me looking at the wig I never had to wear

  Amelie11 over 1 year ago
• Kicking My Cancer's Arse

  Part 9 - The Meaning of Life

  “Why are we here, what’s life all about? Is God really real, or is there some doubt? Well tonight we're going to sort it all out For tonight it's the meaning of life." This is the final entry into the KMCA series. I am not go...

  Phil42 over 1 year ago
• My journey with Multiple Myleoma

  The start

  In February 2024, I received a life-changing diagnosis of Multiple Myeloma, a journey that began with what I thought was a routine backache. As someone who loved weightlifting, I initially believed I’d simply pushed myself too hard. But as the ...

  Klee over 1 year ago
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  Community News

  Winter Picture Festival 2024

  Take part in our Winter Picture Festival 2024, where members share their creativity on the Online Community. Share pictures of crafts, nature, furry friends and more in a celebration of what the season means to you.

  Eliza -Online Community Team over 1 year ago
• Happy 50th to me

  And here we are again...

  Found another breast lump in the other boob. Might just be fat necrosis again but what if it's not. Doesn't help that my sister was diagnosed with breast cancer recently, and one of the team I line manage at work also has it. Had a lot of has...

  CrochetPud over 1 year ago
• A tickle in the tonsil

  A tickle in the tonsil

  On 9th January, this year I went to my GP with a tickly throat. He didn’t like the look of my right tonsil so referred me to the ENT department at Boston General. The next day, I was having a camera stuck up my nose and down my throat. The ENT ...

  p_Levo over 1 year ago
• Dignity Pants and other misnomers

  Zen and the Art of Dying Gracefully

  In ‘I am the Cancer Guy’, I referred to the fact that I have been having counselling and how this has helped me; most significantly in helping me come to terms with my terminal diagnosis and expected short lifespan. Two days ago, I had my...

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

  Update 1st November 2024

  It's now 5 weeks since my my last chemo and I have good, bad and indifferent updates to report: GOOD: Last PSA result from test on 21/10/24 remained at <0.05. Next test due 12/11/24 prior to meeting with consultant. Fatigue and shortness of...

  excavator over 1 year ago