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• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

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• One Step At A Time

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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
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted

  W J 4 days ago
• 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

• Sunglasses in the Rain

  A Shared Breath

  

  Sunglasses over 2 years ago
• Sunglasses in the Rain

  To The Women (Written on & for International Women’s Day

  To the Nurse who sat beside me and helped me understand, there was still power in pressing “start”, with my own quaking hand. And the Nurse who shared witty tales of spiders above her bed, brightening dull chemo-ward evenings with laughte...

  Sunglasses over 2 years ago
• Sunglasses in the Rain

  The Same Red Chairs

  

  Sunglasses over 2 years ago
• Positive things about a cancer diagnosis?

  You are often pleasantly surprised when things aren't as bad as you expect them to be.

  I really don't mean to minimise anyone else's bad experiences (or my own), and I know a diagnosis of cancer is one of the worst things that can happen to anyone. But I have found, several times over the last few months, that my spirits have b...

  BrighterSide over 2 years ago
• My Journey on Paclitaxel

  Friday 22nd March day 2 from 2nd Paclitaxel

  Started waking up just after 2am again but managed to snooze until just after 4 am.  Had a good day, went for a walk just over a mile this morning. I have had the start of face flushes this afternoon so took a antihistamine, I'm not running ...

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

  Jigsaw falling into place

  It’s been a while since I last posted. Mainly because there’s only so much you can say about driving or being driven into hospital to be zapped. The journey became so monotonous that I could almost tell where we were on the journey with m...

  Coxey over 2 years ago
• My Journey on Paclitaxel

  Thursday 21st March day of 2nd Paclitaxel

  I slept fairly good lastnight and got up early this morning as a guy was coming to fix my main oven in the cooker. I plastered my make-up on ready to go for my Chemo. By 10am I hadn't received any calls saying it wasn't going ahead.  I had to dr...

  Alison218 over 2 years ago
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  Community News

  The Online Community can be a part of your social prescription

  The Online Community can help meet your practical, social and emotional needs in many ways. Read this blog to help build your own social support plan.

  Megan- Online Community Team over 2 years ago
• My Journey on Paclitaxel

  Wednesday 20th March Day before second Paclitaxel

  I haven't written anything since 15th March after my last chemo session had been cancelled because of my bloods showing problems with my liver, as there hasn't been much to write about.  I had my bloods taken and dressing changed on Monday when ...

  Alison218 over 2 years ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted

  20/3/24 sickness

  Mild stomach sickness. Day or so after taking my lomustine. A little lots of appetite, tired and a bit moody. 

  W J over 2 years ago