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• 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 2 days ago
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• Multiple Myeloma

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• Mumofcancer

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• Cycle 19 and not working anymore

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• 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. `

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Latest blog posts

• Chemo/Radio With Cysplatin 3 weekly. For Womb cancer.

  Day 6

  Another good nights sleep so feeling better again today. Walked the dogs (twice) and did some light cleaning. Gave my daughter a lift.  Cooked tea. Watered the garden. So functioning but not at full pelt. Some nausea so took a tablet in the morn...

  Act over 2 years ago
• Chemo/Radio With Cysplatin 3 weekly. For Womb cancer.

  Day 5

  A good nights sleep last night thank goodness. Nausea still there, still taking tablets. Managing to eat . Pooing every day - feels less bunged up now. Shaky and wobbly feeling. And my throat at times feels tight - this could be panic attacks kind of...

  Act over 2 years ago
• Chemo/Radio With Cysplatin 3 weekly. For Womb cancer.

  Day 4

  No steroids. And an awful nights sleep - hot / cold / hot  cold. Only 3 hours sleep according to fitbit. So nausea was still there- kept taking the Metoclopramide. Nausea was always there but I could eat. I will ask for stronger anti nausea for ...

  Act over 2 years ago
• THANK YOU MACMILLAN

  WITHOUT YOU WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ON OUR OWN.

  I would like to say a special thank you just for being there. Without you me and my beloved Christine would have struggled with a lot of things. You were there when we needed someone most. And I really can not thank you enough. Even though my love Ch...

  DaiChris over 2 years ago
• Chemo/Radio With Cysplatin 3 weekly. For Womb cancer.

  Day 3

  So yesterday I felt good.  Took all the drugs and then walked the dogs, pottered at home. A small rest and lunch before heading into hospital.  Then I went on my 'Demistifying Chemo ' course in the McMillan centre.  It was real...

  Act over 2 years ago
• Chemo/Radio With Cysplatin 3 weekly. For Womb cancer.

  Day 2

  Get up and walk dogs -  slept ok - not as well as normal but not bad. Have a breakfast (banana and 1 slice of toast). Take tablets. No nausea but feel tired and a bit shaky. Morning nap of a few hours. Definitely couldn't have achieved much ...

  Act over 2 years ago
• Chemo/Radio With Cysplatin 3 weekly. For Womb cancer.

  Day 1

  Go into hospital for 8am. Lot of questions and then wait. Apparently waiting for drugs to arrive. Drugs arrive about to start - but the cysplatin is 70mg and the doctors prescription says 86mg. Queue a 2 hour wait while they sort paperwork.  1 h...

  Act over 2 years ago
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  Community News

  Dealing with Fear and Anxiety during Cancer Treatment

  In this blog, one of our Community Champions Jane is sharing some of the emotions she felt whilst having treatment and some of the strategies she used to help cope with the uncertainty.

  Megan- Online Community Team over 2 years ago
• Bladder Cancer Journey

  End of 6 week induction

  The six week induction was over six weeks ago. There was a break for 6 weeks, then a cystoscopy. All looked good except for an inflamed area which needs to have a biopsy. So going through pre-op process with biopsy scheduled for June 24 hopefully. Re...

  Leo1 over 2 years ago
• Dandy

  Target Therapy

  On my second round of sinitulib target therapy, the side effects sometimes make me very tired and lethargic. My moods are very up and down, sometimes I carry on and want to enjoy life other times I'm in bed all day. Not sure how long this will go...

  Dandylion over 2 years ago