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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.

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Latest blog posts

• 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
• Went yellow like the Simpsons

  Diary

  Medical 22.5 Turned yellow, sent to A&E at St Richard’s arrived 4pm and left 1am. Saw medical team, bilirubin levels high, to return 11am for CT scan on 23.5 23.5 had CT scan at 10am, diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and admitted to Emer...

  RichieRooRoo over 2 years ago
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  Community News

  Dealing with a teenager’s cancer diagnosis: Mandeep and Jai’s story

  A cancer diagnosis can impact the whole family. As a father, Mandeep shares his experience of his son Jai’s cancer diagnosis in the hope of helping more families who are going through the same experience.

  Megan- Online Community Team over 2 years ago
• Is it just me or is everything different?

  Why must it be different?

  Did anyone wake up one day and think the world now looked different somehow? Not necessarily different good or different bad, but as if the colour palette or spectrum had shifted slightly?  I did.  The first time you hear those words, &qu...

  Kll over 2 years ago
• Dignity Pants and other misnomers

  Taking Stock, and an update on the heart

  Last weeks biopsy failed to gather enough tissue to progress a treatment plan and this afternoon I am off to day surgery at Musgrove Park for another go, this time under general anaesthetic. This will allow a surgeon to remove what they need without...

  Dignahtee over 2 years ago
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  Community News

  “The biggest shock of my life." Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer to the bones: Karin’s story.

  At 51, Karin received the biggest shock of her life when she was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer to the bones. This all took place after her first routine mammogram. In this blog, we share some of Karin's story, 4 years after her diagnosis.

  Dylan - Online Community Team over 2 years ago
• The start of my breast cancer journey

  Feeling insecure upset and angry

  I was diagnosed with breast cancer in my left breast in march 23 I had a lumpectomy in may 23 but they found more cancer further round my breast so I had a mastectomy no reconstruction in July 23 I’m due back in 2 weeks as I’ve got an iss...

  Plummymummy over 2 years ago
• My journey with Bladder Cancer

  Update week 14: Chemo cycle 3 - 75% of treatment now complete!

  Sunday through to Tuesday was a lot tougher than previous cycles had been. The fatigue was horrendous and although I had a few things I intended to do, I had to cancel everything just through a lack of energy. I had been warned that each cycle is a ...

  kaspont over 2 years ago
• Losing my partner of 22yrs

  Losing my partner of 22yrs

  I've had a lot of upset in my life but nothing ever compared to losing my partner after battling for 3yrs after being diagnosed with stage 4 cervical cancer.  I have never had to deal with someone being so ill to where you see physical diffe...

  Dora223 over 2 years ago
• Losing my partner of 22yrs

  Losing my partner of 22yrs

  I've had a lot of upset in my life but nothing ever compared to losing my partner after battling for 3yrs after being diagnosed with stage 4 cervical cancer.  I have never had to deal with someone being so ill to where you see physical diffe...

  Dora223 over 2 years ago