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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

• Maria meets C

  Scanxiety Alert

  Scanxiety Alert...I recently learned a new word, "scanxiety." It refers to the anxiety, fear, and stress that cancer patients feel while waiting for impending scans, tests, or their results. And let me tell you, it's real.Tomorrow it&#3...

  Guida over 3 years ago
• Don't worry about your lump she said...

  Breast Cancer 6 – Oncology first timer + CT results

  ‘Probably nothing to worry about…’ Forgive me…. but I’ve been there before! The fact that I am writing this at 3am will tell you something… I had my first oncology appointment yesterday and the results of m...

  SweetiePie over 3 years ago
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  Community News

  Going back to work during or after cancer: Diana’s story

  Diana talks about her experiences going back to work after cancer treatment, and how she was able to help someone else going through a similar experience.

  Eliza -Online Community Team over 3 years ago
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  Maragh

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  Hello I'm new Lung cancer. Don't know what to think

  Former Member over 3 years ago
• A trip with triple negative breast cancer

  Thoughts on Pembrolizumab

  Pembrolizumab has been around for a few years, but is fairly new in the world of TNBC. My oncologist doesn’t have direct personal experience of it, as she is a breast cancer oncologist, and by the sound of it I will be the hospital’s firs...

  Coddfish over 3 years ago
• Maria meets C

  17/04 Goodbye Mamma

  Lumpectomy day...I had to be in the hospital for admission at 07:30. I woke up early to take one last shower with this special decontamination wash lotion. But before that, I took some last pictures of my boobies. My A/B cups have been with me ...

  Guida over 3 years ago
• Pippi

  NHS Crisis

  Hi everyone,  after reading lots of members posts for various types of cancers and also those who have lost their spouses, I felt angered that I hd to let off steam.  So please bear with me.  My husband was told and treated for a hiatu...

  Pippi over 3 years ago
• A trip with triple negative breast cancer

  Progression again

  The results are in from my PET-CT scan and I do have further progression. The first metastasis to my liver, the one I had ablated in December, has grown back to fill all of the space left by the ablation. So it’s about twice the size it was in ...

  Coddfish over 3 years ago
• Alien on Board

  Anyone else out there like me ???

  In Feb 2022 I went in for a "routine" op to have my prostate removed "robotically"......but it went wrong.....I ended up with an emergency STOMA after the Consultant, not the surgeon who had introduced himself to me on the morning...

  Former Member over 3 years ago
• Don't worry about your lump she said...

  Breast Cancer 5 - 26 days post op…

  It’s 26 days, almost 4 weeks since my operation.  Do I still have the nerve pain?  Yes, I do.  What’s it like? Sunburn dipped in nettle stings!  But thanks to feedback from here and instructions from the Breast Unit, h...

  SweetiePie over 3 years ago