Cancer & me - 35 year on - Community News Blog series

Hi Bev, so pleased to hear all was well with your last check up - and hope likewise with your next one. Yes it would be good if everything returned to 'normal' after treatment. I understand radiotherapy is much more targeted  these days compared to how it was 30 years ago, but I'm just thankful I'm alive and kicking. Willo

Hi everyone,

I hope you don't mind me posting here today but I just wanted to let you know that we have published Vol 8 of Willo's blog series 'Lanzarote and Menorca' in our Community News Blog this afternoon.

You can click here to take a look. 

Kindest regards, 

Rachel
Macmillan's Community team 

Hi everyone, 

I hope you don't mind me posting here today - it's Rachel from the Community team. I just wanted to share with you all the latest volume of our Community News Blog series 'Cancer & me 35 years on'. 

In the latest volume, 'Surgery at St. Mary's', Willo shares her experiences of attending multiple appointments and undergoing several tests to try to understand what is causing the pain and other symptoms she is experiencing. 

As Willo shared her experience of what can be a difficult time for cancer patients, waiting for test results, this blog is also a discussion of how to cope with the understandable anxiety that waiting for information about your health can bring. 

To take a look at the latest volume of Willo's guest blog, click here. You can also read through all Willo's previous blogs by following the below links: 

Vol 1 - ‘To begin at the beginning’
Vol 2 – ‘Best friends forever’
Vol 3 – ‘The journey home’
Vol 4 – ‘Brachytherapy’
Vol 5 – ‘Jolly hockey sticks!’
Vol 6 – ‘The Abdominoperineal resection with colostomy’
Vol 7 – ‘The recovery’
Vol 8 – Lanzarote & Menorca
Vol 9 – ‘The interview’ – International women’s day
Vol 10 – ‘A chance encounter’
Vol 11 – ‘Good news, bad news’
Vol 12 – ‘Hong Kong and Back to reality’

Take care,

Rachel
Macmillan's Community team 

Thanks for this , hope you’re well. 

Nicola 

Hi everyone, 

I hope you don't mind me posting here today, it's Rachel here from the Community team. I just wanted to let you know that the latest volume of Willo's blog, 'Cancer & me 35 years on' was published last week on the site. 

In this volume, Willo talks about coping with metastases and also discovering she has been diagnosed with Cervical cancer. 

Click here to read more about Willo's experiences as well as seeing some of the incredible artwork that she made at this time in her life. 

Take care, 

Rachel
Macmillan's Community team 

Thank you for this .

Nicola

Hi everyone, 

I hope you don't mind me posting here again - it's Rachel from the Community team. 

I just wanted to let you know that last week we published the final volume of Willo's blog series, 'Cancer & me 35 years on'. 

This is the longest blog series we've had on the Community News Blog and, in this final volume, Willo shares her experience of chemotherapy and her wishes for all those who have followed her story. 

We are very thankful to Willo for sharing her experiences with us all on the Community, and I hope you find reading her words helpful. 

Click here to read the final volume:  'Cancer & me 35 years on - against all odds we can survive'. 

Take care,

Rachel
Macmillan's Community team 

Once again thank you for this . 

 patsyann85 I hope you realise what an absolute inspiration you are to all on this forum & many more beyond I’m sure. Thank you for caring enough to share your journey & to have continued writing your blog,

Nicola 

Thank you so much for your feedback. I had thought everyone might be getting bored to tears by now, so I'm really pleased to hear you have found my story helpful. Very best wishes xx