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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.

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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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Latest blog posts

• Candid with Cancer

  Candid with Cancer #2

  Following on from my first blog, having been told I could have cancer, I was then moved onto a ward, until they got the results. We were waiting for ages, as you often do in hospitals. I remember telling my mum, that I hope I don’t have to stay...

  Tashley99 over 2 years ago
• Neurodivergent Adult only child or parent with Terminal Cancer

  More info and Chemo

  So when we met the chemo Dr (oncology) again with the lovely Natalie, they explained the prognosis, there is a 4cm tumor in her pancreas and has wrapped around a main blood vessel.  My mum by this time had spoken to one of my cousins who's m...

  Lanamer over 2 years ago
• Neurodivergent Adult only child or parent with Terminal Cancer

  Learning about the cancer... 23rd January 2023

  So the day my world fell apart I was at work on a normal day struggling to focus on my work, when I got a message from my mum asking me to drop in and see her on my way home from work, I walked into my work kitchen to refill my water bottle and then ...

  Lanamer over 2 years ago
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  Community News

  Life after cancer – getting the all-clear, recurrence anxiety, and moving on

  On our Life after cancer forum, the question of ‘what now?’ often comes up. In this blog, Community members share some of their common concerns, along with some very wise words.

  Matthew - Online Community Team over 2 years ago
• Dignity Pants and other misnomers

  Murder at the Vicarage

  The Rectal Verge is not a grassy bank close to the Vicarage. It is unlikely to be the scene of an untimely and mysterious death in Midsommer Murders. It is though, a rather difficult to survey and access area of the bottom, where the anus joins the r...

  Dignahtee over 2 years ago
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  Community News

  “It has taken me over 5 years to come to terms with what I went through” -Dimple is sharing her story

  Dimple shares her cancer diagnosis story and how telling her children about her cancer was the hardest thing she has ever done. Cancer and treatment can have an emotional and financial impact on your life and Dimple tells us about some of the challenges she faced when living with cancer.

  Megan- Online Community Team over 2 years ago
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  Community News

  Summer Picture Festival

  Look back on summer on the Online Community, through pictures and artwork from Community members.

  Eliza -Online Community Team over 2 years ago
• Dignity Pants and other misnomers

  The Waiting Game

  7am Friday 14th July 2023 It’s the waiting that’s killing me. It might just do that. After a sleepless night may not be the most coherent time to hit the keyboard, this essay may get no further than our laptop. If it does, apologies if it...

  Dignahtee over 2 years ago
• Picc Line

  Picc Line

  Before the procedure the nurse will sit down with you and have a chat with you, you can bring someone with you for this bit, she should explain everything that is going to happen and you to sign some paperwork to give her consent to proceed with the ...

  Positive thinking over 3 years ago
• My journey with Bladder Cancer

  Update week 13: Chemo cycle 3 - the start of the 75% phase

  Back here again. The anxiety that builds during that 3rd week of a cycle when you have no treatment and focus on building your strength up again creates a palpable sense of dread that something will delay the next cycle! Blood test first thing Mond...

  kaspont over 3 years ago