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

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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

• A trip with triple negative breast cancer

  Serious adverse immunotherapy related event - the in patient experience

  As a brief recap, I am currently experiencing the (very low likelihood) downside risks of being treated with a PD-1 inhibitor. Essentially my immune system trying to wreck my previously healthy kidneys. As an aside, as I write this, the immediate cri...

  Coddfish over 2 years ago
• Look out for new "ImperfectionS"

  Turn stumbling stones into stepping stones - Keep looking for new imperfections!

  I collected these stones whist on Chemo for Breast Cancer when I walked my dog!  30mm in breast and four lymph nodes.  Now, (hopefully) cancer free. Keep checking for new imperfections! 

  Elizabeth M over 2 years ago
• Dignity Pants and other misnomers

  Responsible Adults and a Big Knife

  Friday 18th August is biopsy round two. A second visit to the rectal verge to collect tissue to enable an accurate diagnosis and decide on the medical approach. Last week’s attempt using gas and air for pain relief failed to gather enough mate...

  Dignahtee over 2 years ago
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  Community News

  Music speaks – how music can help us get through difficult days

  Community member and Macmillan volunteer Wee Me talks about how music helps her through.

  Eliza -Online Community Team over 2 years ago
• A trip with triple negative breast cancer

  Serious adverse immunotherapy event - the A&E story

  As a companion to my blog entry on what happened to me clinically, this is the story of how it unfolded as a hospital experience. This bit focuses on night 1 in A&E. At my hospital, oncology patients have a dedicated hotline, and there is an acut...

  Coddfish over 2 years ago
• A trip with triple negative breast cancer

  My serious immunotherapy related adverse event

  As a quick recap, I have PD-L1 positive, triple negative breast cancer, metastasised to my liver. I have been being treated with an immunotherapy drug called Pembrolizumab. In layman’s terms, our immune systems have an ability to deal with cell...

  Coddfish over 2 years ago
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  Community News

  Life One Year Later- Jane’s story

  Jane recently shared her ‘Importance of pets during our cancer journey’ blog and is back as a guest blogger to share her reflections on her Endometrial cancer experiences one year later. She talks about some of the lasting effects from her chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments and also about dealing with the fear of recurrence. Jane also talks about how she recognises the positive changes on her life and talks about her volunteering role as a Community Champion.

  Megan- Online Community Team over 2 years ago
• Candid with Cancer

  Candid with Cancer #4

  The chemotherapy started on Saturday 14th February. There is not a way to describe it really. Apart from impending doom. Or a ticking time bomb until it took effect and you’d feel all of it. I think over the 5 to 6 months I was in hospital, I h...

  Tashley99 over 2 years ago
• Candid with Cancer

  Candid with Cancer #3

  After being diagnosed, a plan of action was being put into place which would change my life in a heartbeat, for the rest of my life. And I know it’s hard to see the positives but I hoped one day it will be for the better. Though I wasn’t ...

  Tashley99 over 2 years ago
• My journey with Bladder Cancer

  Update Week 15: Chemo 75% Complete - The lull before the storm?

  So this week has been a non-treatment week. A week to rebuild the strength and get the energy levels back up to face the 4th and final chemo cycle. There have been some side effects to deal with; both armpits erupted with rashes very similar to a...

  kaspont over 2 years ago