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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.

  Dylan - Online Community Team 11 hours ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Mr U 21 hours ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted

  W J 1 day ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Desdemona 4 days ago
• Multiple Myeloma

  Tess123 10 days ago
• Mumofcancer

  Mumofcancer 17 days ago
• One Step At A Time

  Phild26 18 days ago
• Cycle 19 and not working anymore

  Emotions 19 days ago
• Warm your teaspoon

  Mrs of husband with bowel cancer - T3 N1 - chemo to be followed by radio then anterior bowel - depending what they find. Oxaliplatin and Capecitabine being the prescribed drugs. `

  Sierraoscar 20 days ago
• Pete's cancer blog

  Peterb 25 days ago

Latest blog posts

• Worrier with cancer

  Early days

  Had mole removed and recently got lab results. Seems I'm in the lucky 3% that get melanoma! Hey, wish I could do so well on the lottery.  Never mind, seems to have all been removed, just precautionary excision required. No problem. Except......

  Warmington over 1 year ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 65: Good and Bad News.

  Post 65: Good and Bad News. I don’t feel like writing much today — I’ve been left a little deflated after yesterday’s unexpected phone call from Dr S, my consultant cardiologist. It was a surprise, in the best way, that he ...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• 

  Community News

  Recognising shared support on the Online Community - Special Contributions, Guest Bloggers and Community Champions

  At the heart of our Online Community is the incredible support and connection that members offer each other. Every day, we see individuals going above and beyond, sharing their experiences, offering a helping hand, and making our space a positive and encouraging place to be. To celebrate these acts of kindness and dedication, the Online Community team offer badges to recognise and honour the contributions of our members. In this blog, we’ll introduce you to the different badges we awa...

  Steph - Online Community Team over 1 year ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 62: Tired with 4 days to go.

  Post 62: Tired with 4 days to go. Yesterday was a day of counselling and self-advocacy, but it really needed to be the other way around; to help digest the disappointment. This morning I’ve woken to the birds chirping and lightness behind tho...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 61: 5 days till Chemo.

  Post 61: 5 days till Chemo. BP: Resting pulse: 46 bpm  Other things: pills are good  Although I’ve been here before, it’s never mattered so much — 5 days to go. The weekend’s gone without any dramas a...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• 

  What the ecky fump?

  So? This is going bald?

  So, Tuesday 3rd June, I had my catch up & chat appointment with oncology. Told her about my day out with suspected sepsis with my 1st chemo... That shocker, were mouth ulcers like I suspected. She told me off and prescribed lidnocaine mouthwash. ...

  JH70 over 1 year ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 60: Six Days to Go.

  Post 60: Six Days to Go. The long, deep sleep I had yesterday helped me feel healthier. After so many disturbed nights in hospital recently, it’s a real comfort to be back in my own bed—with my own toilet just down the hall. It’s t...

  Mr U over 1 year ago
• 

  One Life Live It

  Letrozole Legs

  Last week I had the pleasure of attending a work conference at a resort near Dubrovnik. Hubby came along for the fun of a week in the sun and our daughter clearly had FOMO and took a last minute flight for the weekend. Croatia is a wonderful country,...

  Irishgirl16 over 1 year ago
• A teenager with a mum with cancer

  Dealing with a parents hair loss

  My mum is starting chemo on Friday the 13! What a day to start chemo! I’m having trouble sleeping as all I do is worry. My mum is my life my best friend. It feels like my whole world is being flipping upside down. I’m going wig shopping w...

  Coffeelover444 over 1 year ago
• To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 59: Stressed and Confused.

  Post 59: Stressed and Confused. I’ll start by saying that I’m home. Great! But the meeting I’d hoped for between cardiology, oncology, and me didn’t happen. Yet. I left CCU late yesterday afternoon with new meds and a plan...

  Mr U over 1 year ago