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• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

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• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

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• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 2 days 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.

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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

• Our Battle with Oesophageal Cancer

  The chemo seems to be working!

  After Round 3 Mark had a scan to review progress but we didn't see the Oncologist and receive the results for 6 weeks!! By which time he is now already on Round 5. However, the results were worth waiting for because they are good! They show a &#3...

  Former Member over 3 years ago
• Back on the Bull!

  Round 2 ding ding...

  I'm have treatment every 2 weeks,  and I have to say it's not been too bad. Yes I've been sick and my tummy will off, my tongue and taste went straight back to tasting like a mummies flip flop (that has nothing to compare against lo...

  Sazmac over 3 years ago
• Carried on Eagles' Wings

  Still flying…

  The score is still 3-0 to Team Amy123… but we’re about to enter a new contest. I’ve now had three rounds of Virgin Marys and mojitos. I’d heard they can leave you feeling like you’ve had a really heavy night out (not th...

  Amy123 over 3 years ago
• Travel insurance while under Immunotherapy

  Stage 4 Lung cancer responded very well to Chemo and Immunotherapy - need insurance to travel to Goa, can anyone help?

  Hello,  My husband was diagnosed with Stage 4 small cell lung cancer 24 months ago, he is still fit and well, and working full time, after responding very well to treatment, which continues on a monthly basis.  His consultants are happy for...

  Former Member over 3 years ago
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  One Life Live It

  The ongoing Hair Saga

  I've said it before, but I will say it again. No one talks about hair regrowth and quite honestly, for me it's an ongoing reminder, well as much of a reminder as the daily tablets, 6 monthly Zometa and annual check ups, but anyway….bac...

  Irishgirl16 over 3 years ago
• My colorectal cancer journey

  My story so far

   After 15 years of living in New Zealand, my husband and 3 children decided to move back to Europe and on May13 2019, as all our belonging were loading on a shipping container and our house being sold, I whizzed to a quick PG appointment to...

  Cecile over 3 years ago
• October 13th 2022

  Limbo

  Hospital rang biopsy results in and made a appointment for the 17th! Hubby didn’t ask any questions just agreed he hasn’t been able to eat anything, when he gets something in most of it comes back up as a result has lost 4kg since the 13t...

  Confused2022 over 3 years ago
• My husbands story as seen by me

  The beginning. Part one

  This awful journey began back in March 2022. We were out for a curry with Alex’s friend for life Jim. Jim has just found himself a steady girlfriend. Bearing in mind we are all in our sixties, I was over the moon about this. We had met Tina a f...

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

  MRI Scan

  The third scan of the trio was the liver MRI. Actually 3 different types of scan, but all in the MRI scanner. This was possibly the one I had been most worried about based on other people’s experiences. I shouldn’t have worried, it was pe...

  Coddfish over 3 years ago
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  Community News

  On the road to recovery

  Like many roads and paths in life, being on the road to recovery after cancer treatment isn’t always straight forward. Every path is different and everyone’s road to recovery has challenges. One thing that lots of people find in common is the comfort found from connecting with others in similar situations here on the Online Community.

  The Community is a place to share personal experiences and to help each other through the difficult moments. Hopefully reading the following experience...

  Megan- Online Community Team over 3 years ago