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36yr old male, partner and 2 young daughters, working in the City as a Finance Director.
Symptoms began in the middle of August, I was at work and experienced a twitch in my right hand while using a mouse that lasted for about 60 seconds. I had previously suffered a shoulder injury several years ago and put it down to that it was playing up and it must be a pinched nerve.
A week later while walking home I had another twitch in the hand but this time it was followed by my right leg also going numb...
Many of us are forced into learning to adapt when there's a cancer diagnosis.
How do you deal with change?
In the current pandemic, many of us are experiencing disruption to our normal lives. Whether it’s having the kids at home or things missing off our shopping lists, we’re all having to adapt in some way.
How we deal with this change can really affect our well-being. You all help make the Community a safe and supportive space where we can all share our worries, but also a positive...
With all the uncertainty of late, we felt it was important for us here on the Community News Blog to keep going as normal where we can. So today we wanted to share with you the second volume of our new series ‘My journey through breast cancer in verse and word’ by Amanda-Jayne. Amanda-Jayne was diagnosed with Breast cancer in June 2019 and used poetry and journaling to diarise her experience throughout. Amanda-Jayne has very kindly sent through her poetry and writing to us here and we...
Hi everyone,
Blankets, cups of tea and biscuits are in order in this uncertain and perhaps stressful month. Discussions about coronavirus (COVID-19) are everywhere on the news and here in the Community, so we wanted to collate some key tips to help you navigate the coming weeks and to stay safe.
The government has issued this advice for those who are particularly vulnerable due to their health. This includes advice for carers, advice on hospital or GP appointments and mental wellbeing. This is being...
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Nov - Dec 2019 - Experienced what I can only describe as a heavy pressure sensation in my chest and after being unable to get a GP appointment my nurse practitioner prescribed me with couple of different inhalers which we tried over 6 wk period but they made no difference so she sent me for a chest X-ray and an ECG. Had those done on 23rd Dec and had call from GP within an hour to say chest X-ray showed lump on left side and he was doing urgent referral. Shock is an understatement, not...
Chemo has so many nasty side effects and yet often the initial worry focuses on hair loss. So why is hair so important?
It is not just chemotherapy that causes hair loss. There are lots of causes of alopecia from male pattern baldness to skin diseases. Some of these are linked to stress and some cause scarring, permanent hair loss. The result with all of them is huge upset. So much of one’s appearance, one’s self-identity depends on hair. To many people bad hair means bad health or poor nutrition...
Hello again
My 8th post on this journey. Well if you have read my previous posts then you will know I had a suspected recurrence of cancer in my prostrate 12months after My nanoknife procedure. My 12 months post op PSA blood test came back with a rise from 0.3 to 2.7 next came an MRI scan and another guided biopsy. In May 2019 it was confirmed that I had cancer cells left behind after my nanoknife op. Same grading as before. It seems that prof Emberton hadn’t got everything on first attempt....
In today’s news blog, we hear from Katie who works in our media team here at Macmillan. She’s writing today to tell our Community all about a new podcast, ‘Talking Cancer’, that’s been created with the aims to share experiences and hear from people affected by cancer.
Hi everyone!
We wanted to be the first to tell you that the first two episodes of ‘Talking Cancer’, the new national Macmillan podcast, are now downloadable on all main podcasting platforms, including...
It seems like February has come around at lightning speed, and despite the dramatic weather of the last few weeks there do seem to me small hopeful signs of spring in the air. Today we have put together some amazing wellbeing tips and expressive thoughts that we have collected from the Community. So why not put the kettle on, settle down on the sofa and take a moment to look through our favourite wellbeing tips of the moment?
‘Imagine being in a room where you cannot reach the door, after each session...
So, mentally and physically I've not been doing too well recently. The weather has increased the pain I'm in, as has the housework i've been doing - I cleared a room, rmoved a carpet, laid a new carpet, then bought and built furniture to turn it into a craft room. The pain has stopped me from doing things I might otherwise have done and the house is in a bit of a state, and my weight has stopped decreasing because I've been unable to exercise. My legs hurt and all I want to do is sleep because my...
