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• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 7 hours ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 9 hours ago
• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

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• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 1 day 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 2 days ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted

  W J 4 days ago
• Multiple Myeloma

  Tess123 13 days ago
• Mumofcancer

  Mumofcancer 19 days ago
• Cycle 19 and not working anymore

  Emotions 21 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. `

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Latest blog posts

• Kidney Not

  Stopping Treatment - March 2024

  How things change.  When I started immunology, I thought it was forever.  As I became more educated, I learned about the diminishing incremental benefits over time.  Also, that for some cancers there was a 2 year time limit on immunoth...

  Mmum over 2 years ago
• Kicking My Cancer's Arse

  Part 5: Return to Play

  This is the fifth of my ongoing series of posts about my latest adventure - being diagnosed and treated for bowel cancer. As before, this lengthy post also includes personal details of my treatment over the past month (February), getting physical exe...

  Phil42 over 2 years ago
• My own mortality

  Oh, what now??

  I’ve been a carer for my wonderful younger brother for my adult life, and we moved in together during lockdown for company. Then in 2022, at the age of 50, I had a seizure and was diagnosed with a stage 4 astrocytoma. A few months of recovery ...

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

  18/03/2024 Chemo

  40mg x 5 tablets of lomustine, and some anti sickness. Grumpy belly I guess now for a few days. Here we go. Already sat upright in bed feeling it gurgle below  slight headache today too. Too many grumps sound so am a little wound up, not helping...

  W J over 2 years ago
• aquagypsy

  PSA

  Hi my husband is 77 he had a reading of 9.5 on PSA and a month later it had jumped.to 15.6 and.im worried sick and can't.slewpcor eat thinking he might have cancer and I'm gonna lose him the week before the last test he took some homeopathic ...

  aquagypsy over 2 years ago
• Spanner in the works

  Bugger, diagnoses

  The new statistics for cancer are scary. When you look around at your family and friends, i think, who is going to be next? If i had to choose someone, it's impossible. Even though i know it does not work like that, i couldn't. But as self-pr...

  Mrsbenny over 2 years ago
• My Journey on Paclitaxel

  Friday 15th March 16th day post first Paclitaxel

  Well today should have been the day after my second Paclitaxel, but due to my liver bloods being a concern  I didn't get my Chemo yesterday. It really affected me, not just because I have to wait another week, but also because I'm now ou...

  Alison218 over 2 years ago
• My Journey on Paclitaxel

  Thursday 14th March. 15th day post 1st Paclitaxel

  I slept fairly well, seeing I was so stressed out lastnight. I managed 1 cup of tea with some milk before I had to go onto clear fluids in preparation for my liver/abdominal ultrasound this afternoon. The time seems to stand still waiting to go to th...

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

  14 March Bloods

  Given my bloods ready for checking platelets level and then my call to get my chemo (Lomustine) if all is good

  W J over 2 years ago
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  Community News

  Sex and cancer uncovered – your needs are worth talking about!

  Sex and intimacy are natural expressions of the need to feel connected, safe, and loved. When a cancer diagnosis enters the picture, intimacy is likely the last thing on your mind. Restoring intimacy isn’t always a quick and simple process, but having a space to talk openly and honestly about your needs can really help. If you want to know more, read on…

  Matthew - Online Community Team over 2 years ago