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

  Mr U 11 hours ago
• Cool Cap Relief

  TerryB 1 day ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 2 days ago
• Today my coffee tastes like Christmas in Costa Rica

  Beesuit 3 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 3 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.

  Dylan - Online Community Team 4 days ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted

  W J 6 days ago
• Multiple Myeloma

  Tess123 15 days ago
• Mumofcancer

  Mumofcancer 21 days ago
• Cycle 19 and not working anymore

  Emotions 23 days ago

Latest blog posts

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  Community News

  What does the festive season mean to you?

  As the holiday season is in full swing, we know that this time of year can look different for different families. The traditions and customs that you follow can vastly differ from the ways others spend time with loved ones. The varying pressures and expectations at this time of year can lead to a mix of emotions for people affected by cancer. However you like to celebrate or honour tradition in your family during the holiday period, the Online Community is here as a source of cancer support. ...

  Tom C - Online Community team over 4 years ago
• diagnosis of melanoma

  Irby with Myeloma

  I'm 78 and at the beginning of 2020 my left leg began to increasingly get more painful and in August my thigh bone fractured, and I had an operation and was fitted with an IM Nailing.

  Whilst in hospital I had numerous Blood tests, X-rays, MRIs, and CT scans which showed I had Cancer.  In October 2020, a Pet scan showed cancer had spread, and then I had several biopsies which eventually by December 2020, proved conclusive that I had Myeloma Cancer of the Bone and Marrow, and my Consultant Haematologist...

  Irby over 4 years ago
• Trust me to stay fat!!!

  Week one

  So… trust me to get cancer with no weight loss! thought it was IBS! Ok get yourself sorted and il come and speak to you, do they normally speak to you? Is this colonoscopy such a personal thing that he comes and chats over tea and biscuits? No...

  Former Member over 4 years ago
• Cancer & Covid

  Cancer & Covid.... stranded

  I am in a bad place at the moment. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in July 2019, after a routine mammogram because I had turned 50. At the time, I was preparing for a year sabbatical in Spain after working at the same place for over 20 years, a hi...

  Former Member over 4 years ago
• Cancer just messed with the wrong boobs!

  Chemo helplist

  When I first found out that I'd be having chemo I began to research what to expect and I came and read some blogs which really helped me, so, I thought I would do the same. First of all, when you read the list of side effects that people get with...

  Jacala over 4 years ago
• Cancer just messed with the wrong boobs!

  Cycle #4 Paclitaxel + Herceptin 7.12.2021

  So cycle #4 is moving into the unknown  with paclitaxel given weekly for the next 9 weeks and Herceptin every three weeks. Arrived at the cancer centre at 9.45am for a 10am appointment, they were running late so I didn't actually get a chair...

  Jacala over 4 years ago
• All about me!

  01 Cancer in my lungs 'seems likely'

  Monday two weeks ago I had a routine 3 year post bowel cancer operation CT scan. I thought I was doing well and the scan would be clear, or maybe show signs of a hernia around the ileostomy reversal surgery. I had been struggling with pain in my abdo...

  Former Member over 4 years ago
• Peter's Blog

  Hindsight Is A Splendid Thing, How Did I Get Here? Plus First Trip To Hospital

  In the few weeks leading up to this, I had a few health issues that myself and my wife could not explain, me being me, I didn’t think it would be anything, it was a lot more my wife acknowledging that perhaps I should get checked out. One of th...

  HawkeyeBrown over 4 years ago
• Peter's Blog

  Introduction

  30th January 2021 is a day that myself and my loved ones will not forget in a hurry, this was the day I was told I had what looked like a tumour in my bowel, but further investigations would need to be carried out to see if it was cancerous. My name ...

  HawkeyeBrown over 4 years ago
• It's Gone Tits Up

  Wake me up inside

  It’s been a week since I started my new chemo treatment and this week, I’m beyond tired 24/7. There is definitely a difference between ‘tired’ and ‘chronic fatigue’ and no amount of sleep is helping me get through ...

  Former Member over 4 years ago